146: Be Healthy, Be Wealthy - a podcast by Jason W. Womack MEd, MA

My father in law is consistent in reminding me that “we have our health.” And, if you listened to podcast number 145, I talked about someone in my family whose health is compromised right now; as I record this, his life is still on the line. My ask of each and every one of you is this:

Please take your health seriously. Be safe out there. Do things you know you should be doing, and learn things you could be learning. You’ve got this life to live, and we need you around, healthy and happy for a long, long time.

To start and then continue this process of being more and more healthy, there are a couple of things I’m going to ask you to consider:

1. Get a check up
2. Drink a little more water today than you did yesterday
3. For the next 5 days, pick a time of the day when you can leave in the MIDDLE of the day and go for a 15 minute walk. 7 and a half minutes out, and 7 and a half minutes back.

I learned about the focus on health and wellness by reading a lot of the history and biography of the martial artist Bruce Lee. One of his areas of focus was to focus on training so that you can spring back strong, and adapt harmoniously without striving hard…Or resisting. In this podcast I’ll share three things you can do to be more healthy tomorrow. Ready?

You need to have numbers.

You need to know what you’re comparing yourself to. I don’t want you to “WONDER” if you’re in or out of shape. Instead, I encourage you to start collecting information that has value. Information that tells you something. Information you can use to compare yourself through time. What can you measure? Here are just a couple of things:

Body Weight
Percent of Body fat
Glasses of water you drink every day
Desserts you eat throughout the week
Minutes of exercise you engage in weekly
…and, I’m sure there is more, but that’s not the point.

Let me reiterate: The point of this is not to become some kind of a “number-crunching-health-fanatic.” No, the purpose of this is to give you something to respond to; having numbers out there may just give you the push or encouragement you need to start gaining momentum on these kinds of goals. Years ago while I was reading a book about Chinese Gung Fu, I wrote this statement in the margin (I’m reading from that page right now): “Not a response IS a response.”

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