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Happiness first
| Sun, 09-28-2008 - 11:42pm |
As we start a new week, staring down at whatever our fitness goals are, it's worth noting that happiness could be just as critical to your health as your miles run and reps completed. I read today (http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20080829/happiness-satisfaction-boosts-health) about a study that indicates adults who are happy are more likely to report good health, both now and in later years. According to the author, "Everything else being equal, if you are happy and satisfied with your life now, you are more likely to be healthy in the future..." I guess Bobby McFerrin was on to something!
But, for me, the takeaway is that we need to think about happiness, as well as exercise, nutrition, etc.
Have a great week!
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Thank goodness!!!!
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Debbie
~~Rhonda~~
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Doh! Oh, yeah--my name! My name is Barb, and I live in Santa Monica. I moved here, almost three years ago, from Chicago. I love Chicago (and may be going back for much of October, depending on how the Cubs do!), but I couldn't take the weather anymore. As a freelance writer who works from home, I would go days without going outside in the winter--so depressing. SoCal is also a much friendlier place for fitness--it's so great being able to get outside to run, bike, hike, golf, etc. year-round.
And I'm 41 and proud of it! I honestly don't think I'd go back to 31--I think I'm a healthier, happier person now. Of course, there's not a huge dating market for 40-something women without Botox out here, unless I'm interested in 60-somethings, but you can't have everything.
Nice to meet you, Barb. I've visited Santa Monica and thought it was very pretty. Spent 4 days in Chicago back in the 80's and loved visiting there. It is an architectural smorgasbord, has great museums, restaurants, and shopping. I was there for NEOCON at the Merchandise Mart and got to stay on the Miracle Mile. We also did the Frank Lloyd Wright tour. I did the interior design for the Morroco Temple
~~Rhonda~~
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My preferred fitness activity is running, which I started on my 34th birthday (I was in Hawaii!). I used to run 5-6 times a week, but I got hobbled by some persistent shin splints--I had to take four months off from all fitness activities, even walking, last fall and it was horrible (especially because I also lost a dear friend to cancer in that time). After four months of PT got me nowhere, I started strength training, and now I swear by it for injury prevention. It's tedious, but it works.
I also play beach volleyball, golf, and hike, and I'd like to get back to playing tennis. That's one good thing about reducing my running to 4 days--it gives me an extra day for a long bike ride or something.
I don't eat a ton of junk, but I do eat some--why exercise, if not to indulge? My weakest times are while visiting Chicago now. I eat much better at home.
As far as writing, most of my work is on legal and financial topics for corporate clients. It's pretty boring, which is why I started blogging. I worked on a book for a while, chronicling my misadventures in online dating, but it didn't have a good narrative arc--i.e., no traditional happy ending. Not that I'm not happy--just not in a marketable way!
OK--time to work on my article on real estate investment trusts. Ugh.
Thanks for your support!
Debbie
Debbie
That's funny. I'm working on a real estate law newsletter right now. I write it, and then firms send it out to their clients to demonstrate their expertise.
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