Focus on Keeping Your Money for Retirement – Not Illness
I can’t tell you how many people I have watched succumb to illness late in life due to poor lifestyle choices. They saved up tons of money for retirement so they can retire wealthy and do whatever they wanted for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, a good chunk of their money is now going into medications, doctors visits, treatments, and financially draining medical bills. You see, something as simple as moving more and eating less could have saved them years of their life, but they had the mentality of “it’ll never happen to me.” Until it does.
I don’t want to die — Do you?
It’s a pretty simple concept to understand. I want to live. I’ll do whatever I need to in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and longevity. I don’t want to get sick in my 50’s or 60’s and then spend all of my money for retirement that I saved on trying to manage an illness I very well could have prevented if I wasn’t a knucklehead in my earlier years and thought I was invincible. This is the same mentality that you should have too – but do you?
Listen, I love working. I mean, I wake up every morning excited to walk into the office and complete projects. I love running my own business and having the freedom to do whatever I want, whenever I want. Heck, I might never retire. But, if I do, I want to make sure I can use the money for retirement that I’ve saved, to enjoy what time I have left on this planet. At the time of writing this article, I’m 36. Some would consider me still a kid. I have so much life yet to live and as I see it, my future is bright. I’ve invested into my health up until this point and I don’t see any reason to stop now.
Honestly, I don’t want to die. Who does? I want to see my kids grow up and turn into incredible human beings and have kids of their own. I want to grow old and be a 90-year-old man who still acts like he’s 30. I don’t want to be an old man who is dependent on someone else to do everything for them. I don’t want someone to push me around in a wheelchair. I don’t want someone to need to bathe me (unless it’s some hot female in her 20’s who digs OLDER guys). I don’t want a live-in nurse who has to do every little task for me. What kind of life is that to live? At that point, I’d rather die than be a burden to my entire family. And not having any money for retirement is extremely worrisome.
Health > Wealth
When I was younger, I always dreamt of being rich and wealthy. But, the more time I’ve spent in the health and fitness industry, the more I’ve realized that if you don’t have your health, you really don’t have anything. All the money in the world can’t fix your problems if you live a life full of bad choices. Your health is ultimately your true wealth and asset. If you’re sick, you can’t travel the world. You can’t enjoy retirement. And if you do, it’s while managing an illness that could prevent you from having fun and experiencing everything a location has to offer. All of those years working your butt off at a job you probably hated was for what in the end?
What does it take?
Honestly, not a lot. Think about how much time everyone spends each day doing worthless activities. How much time do you spend sleeping? Nine hours? You don’t need that much. How much time do you spend watching television? Four hours a day? That’s four hours too many. How much time do you spend each day scrolling through your social media feeds? An hour? Two hours? Why? You don’t even talk to 90% of those people regularly anyway.
All of those choices mentioned above cut down on your ability to take charge of your health and your life. For health benefits, all you need is a minimum 30 minutes of exercise each day. You can even take the weekends off if you want, so long as you exercise Monday through Friday. 150 total minutes each week is all it takes! I don’t want to hear excuses why you can’t fit in 30 minutes of exercise each day. I’m assuming that if you use that excuse, you think that watching reality television shows is going to burn calories and prevent you from becoming overweight or obese? Which can then lead to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and even some forms of cancer. Do those things sound like fun?
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