I never thought about this shit in my 20s!

How my relationship with exercise has changed.

“You can get away with it, you’re still young” is something I have heard about a variety of topics throughout my life and I felt fine with that train of thought. I got away with a lot of things when I was “younger” and thought they did not matter.

This includes and is not limited to:

- Not washing my face every night

-Not getting enough sleep

-Not saving enough money

…and the list could go on!

While I have adapted to better habits in each decade of life, there is one thing I find I can no longer “get away” with anymore… and that is not consistently exercising.

Maybe it’s the realization of my own mortality or the fact that I do feel changes in my body that have me scared straight about physical movement. Maybe it’s seeing people around me age? I do not know. but I do know I never thought about this shit in my 20s.

And here’s what I’m doing about it…