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Plan ahead for Health and Wealth!

 


We are too occupied with our present lives and fail to plan for our future, 5 years, 10 years, or even more, down the line. The hectic lives that we live make us forget if there is a life ahead that needs attention today. The future from a viewpoint of wealth, relations, health, and happiness.

To live in the present and do something on a daily basis for your future life is an art. Now the point is how do we want our future life to be? And how do we get ourselves ready for our future life? The question to ask first is what type of life do you want in the future?

Do you want a stressful or stress-free life? Do you want to be able to move freely or be ridden with health issues? Do you want to have a stable financial position or do you want to live a life with debt? Of course, no one would want to choose a life that hinders joy in their life. Everyone would want certainty, stability, and freedom to live a happy life. But how can we secure all these goals?

You can secure your future through daily activities in the present. It is by taking care of the priorities that you have set for your future self.

From a financial standpoint what are you doing today that will ensure stability for you 5 years down the line? Have you planned for medical emergency expenses or thought of taking medical insurance? Have you thought of your kids' higher education expenses? Have you saved enough liquidity to pay for 6 months’ expenses if god forbid you lose your job? Have you saved for your retirement? How do you think your retirement would be funded if you do not have a pension? What about your travel plans to dream destinations, owning a dream car, or purchasing products of luxury brands?

Do you have a disposable income that you think will never stop? Probably you have highly paid packages but how is your lifestyle in comparison to what you earn? And if you are earning handsomely and still have nothing to save by the end of the month you are living on the edge. Your expenses will certainly rise as you age to the point where your kids become self-dependent. Then probably they would decrease. And if you are not owning the house that you desired to live then you either messed up your finances or were aiming too high.

These questions are important to assess where you stand today and whether you have given thought to these aspects.

Failing to plan on these aspects is planning to fail in the future.  If you avoid these difficult questions today under the alibi that I will see when the time comes, you would surely be in trouble when the time comes. If you do not save enough today and have no idea of future revenue streams, you will surely have a challenge when a financial earthquake strikes.

If we talk about having a healthy body, the choices you make will determine your future health. A single donut does nothing much to a body, but a habit of eating it every time you get a chance will surely have an impact 5 years down the line. Similarly, a single cigarette does not cause much harm to the body, but a habit to smoke every day for years will surely harm your body. 

Now we have people arguing that so and so smoked or drank every day and yet lived 100 years. Such people fail to notice the exceptional odds of the probability. There was even an incident wherein a man survived a fall from the 100th floor of a skyscraper. Surely you would not try to replicate this man.

It is a realization that your capacity to build strength and muscle goes down with age along with the body’s metabolism. So, it becomes even tougher to lose weight at a later stage. Bones and joints get weakened with age. Thus, you may not be able to exert harder than you could at a young age. You could get injured trying to be a 20-year-old fit chap. An injury at a later stage takes longer to heal and can kill your motivation easily.

So, the sooner the realization is, the better.

 

Homework for life

Went to Sephora. These stores are no less than jeweler’s stores. A tiny lipstick sells for thousands. Perfumes cost even upwards.

Exercise

Strength: Shoulder Day.


Rehab: McGill Big 3 (1 set each). Lock Big 3 (1 set each).

Cardio:  Running (Zone 2-3 Training)

0 mins for the Day. 

35 mins completed for the week. (Last week 91 mins.) 

Target 180 mins for the week.

Anything I like to share/ Habit Tracker

Clean for 124 days.

 

 

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