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My Favorite– Go to College and Everything will be OK:
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Work Hard:
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401Ks:
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Inertia… the tendency of something unmoving to remain unmoving.

Inertia is a scientific (physics) term… but metaphorically it applies to our psychology as well.   In other words,  when we have a habit of being sedentary, we tend to stay sedentary…  and to change to an active lifestyle requires a big effort in the beginning.

I started playing disc golf many years ago…   when I was a poor social worker    It’s a great game!

Basically, disc golf is golf played with a frisbee.   Instead of “holes” you have baskets.   Your goal is to get your disc into the basket using the fewest possible throws.

My daily walks have now increased to 3.5 hours each.

Of course, I’m getting physical benefits from the walks.  I’m feeling more fit and healthy and energetic.  That will increase as the walks get longer every week.  My goal is to be doing 7 hours a day before I go to Shikoku for the 88 Temple pilgrimage.

While the physical benefits of the walks are great… I’m also experiencing mental benefits.   I find that LONG walks are great for clearing my mind.

I watched a Roberto Benigni movie two nights ago…  and it brought back memories of my one trip to Italy…  many years ago.   That was a package tour that my grandmother won in a contest.   She gave the tickets to my sister and I.

I enjoyed that trip, but not the overly-organized package tour method of travel.    At that time, I swore I’d return to Italy independently some day.

From Tim Ferris,  The 4-Hour Workweek:
There are two types of mistakes:  mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth.

The first is the result of a decision to act– to do something.  This type of mistake is made with incomplete information, as it’s impossible to have all the facts beforehand.  This is to be encouraged. Fortune favors the bold.

According to research cited in the book “Brain Rules”,  the human species evolved to walk 12-25 miles PER DAY.   According to anthropologists and biologists, ancient humans walked this amount every single day.  That’s 4-8 hours a day of walking.

Compare that to the activity the average “modern” human gets… and it’s easy to understand why so many people are fat and unhealthy (of course, their food is terrible too).

Here’s the musician (and his band) that I’m going to see tonight… the great Femi Kuti: