Saw this post on Instagram that randomly came up in my feed this morning from someone I wasn't even following. Yet. I have since given him a follow after checking out the rest of his content.
It was enough to get me fired up and right out of bed though, because every single bullet point was good food for thought in my opinion.
The Silent Pandemics
We don't eat real food.
We don't exercise.
We sit at desks and then come home to sit on couches.
We numb our emotions with food, drugs & alcohol, which makes the emotions come back even worse.
We decided that the sun is dangerous for our health.
We don't allow ourselves to be bored anymore.
We created a pill for every ill.
We've decided that being entertained is more important than living.
We have a constant connection to our devices but no connection to ourselves & our communities.
We eat too many calories but not enough nutrition.
We strive for likes more than we strive to make a difference.
Some scientists promote sugary cereals to be more nutritious than eggs and beef.
We believe our feelings are facts.
We think being offended can change the facts.
We suffer from things we don't control rather than focus on the things we have control over.
We trade our sleep for more social media time, which messes up our sleep even more.
A big reason we are mentally unhealthy is because we're physically unhealthy.
There's a health food section in the grocery store when it should be where the whole foods are.
We trust our health with food & pharma companies when they are more concerned with profit.
People watch mainstream news to keep us informed when they want keep us angry & scared.
We put focus too much on money & status and not enough on health, family & community.
I don't have all the answers but I believe that we can live better lives by doing the opposite of this list.
Take action. Be proactive.
~Dan Go
And on that note... I'm off to keep it moving and get some exercise before I continue on with the rest of my day.
Movement is medicine.
Keep things simple and take it back to the BASICS before we were all sitting on our butts, staring at phones and laptops.
Your body needs movement, whole unprocessed foods and adequate sleep.
If you can just do those things... the rest will fall into place.
And let's not forget that time spent with loved ones matters greatly too.
I wrote about a lot of this at the end of 2020.
In other news... I'm also pretty happy that Bryn is home for a few weeks. We even got to hang out with her friends the other night for dinner. Love them...
Hard to believe this is her last semester coming up with graduation on the horizon in May.
Although the silence in this house the last 4 years has sometimes been deafening and was a slow process for me getting used to her not being here, it has also gone by very fast too.
I know the girls aren't in a hurry for it all to come to an end, but I am looking forward to one final Kappa Delta Mom's Weekend coming up in the Spring. It's been a fun 4 years (minus Covid) of Parent's Weekends and Mom's Weekends.
As ususal... adequate rest will not be on the agenda for Mom's Weekend and I cannot keep up with the youngsters anymore. Although, goodness knows I try. LOL
I hope you all have a very happy, healthy and Merry Christmas!
XOXO
