#135 Looking Back, I Asked Myself

How much of my current lifestyle is sustainable in the long term future?

What I mean is how much of what I am doing each day that I can do 60 years down the road.

Late nights are out.

Partying regular is a big no no.

Even strenuous sports might be a little too much to handle.

Because looking through many blogs I came across one thing in common (to many, though not all), a tendency towards partying hard and enjoying the best of youth.

And as the past few weeks in my life have shown, the damage shows only when things are critical.

For example, it's too late when your kidneys are damaged or when the bulk of your physical development has stopped. It's too late when you try to go to the doctors to regain the lost health from almost daily late nights out, pubbing/clubbing and other activities that seem very enjoyable now, only to realise down the road that your body does not heal as well as it did in your twenties.

You're going to ask yourself why you did all that you did and why you didn't do what you should have done. Regret often times come too late; when the results are irreversible.

Perhaps a night out or two per fortnight won't hurt. But anything more than that and you'd be sacrificing your later years on life-long medication.

Education is for a reason. Not to argue with our elders about what's changed in the present compared to the past, but to realise what's important in this path known as life that we all walk along.