Roger on June 12th, 2009

I’m so tired of exercising that I refuse to run another lap, pump another weight, crunch another ab, or stretch another hamstring. I’m done with exercise because exercise is for losers and I’m no loser.
I don’t care if exercise can increase the length and quality of my life. I prefer to die while I still [...]

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Roger on March 20th, 2009

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.  - Plato
Unless you’ve been quarantined in an underground bunker, you know exercise is healthy. This is ancient news, since even Plato, the classical Greek philosopher, promoted exercise in 400 BC.
So, if you’ve managed [...]

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Roger on February 24th, 2009

Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them either. They keep you.
- Frank Crane
You can make exercise a habit even if you hate exercising. I know because I’ve made a habit of exercise for ten years, even though I dislike exercising. Exercise itself is painful [...]

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Roger on February 12th, 2009

I use the word “sane” as part of this blog’s title. You may find this is an odd word to use next to “happiness” and “a content life”, but I think it fits perfectly.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sanity as “the quality or state of sane: soundness or health of mind”. When I look up “sane”, [...]

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