Health is a major component of happiness.
Having ruptured my patellar tendon back in April has proven this to me once and for all, and I’ve finally decided to make it a longstanding priority in my life. Being basically bedridden for 6 months, my health deteriorated as I stopped eating well and obviously, I could not exercise. This left me feeling lethargic on a daily basis. After being able to walk again I lived in Beijing which proved detrimental to my health, as the pollution there is terrible, and my lifestyle was not conducive to being healthy. Although the excessive gluttony and partying did prove one thing to me, that these simple pleasures did not make life worth living.
Today I went for a run, and having previously injured my knee, I kept to my new exercise mantra of comfortable moderation. This meant that I would run so I would get a good sweat going, but would not feel excessively strained in terms of my leg muscles, nor my heart rate. When you run this way, it feels a lot better, and is a lot more fun. My knee injury was a consequence of going too hard too fast, and only reinforces my belief in small continual progression in terms of exercise (and in life in general).
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