05/03/2026
44 years without an excuse.
This is why I have no regrets about my health and fitness. Do the work. Day in, day out. You’ll never look back going “I wish” or “I could have” or “back in my day”. Why?
Because I want to squeeze every single drop of living out of this lifetime. Nothing is promised.
Better to suffer in a controlled environment like the gym every day with my friends than to suffer with disease, pain and helplessness for the back half of my life in hospice treated by strangers.
“But that’s expensive”, you say?. I say hospital visits, specialists appointments and not being able to play with your kids or their kids is way more expensive.
Not being proud of yourself, not being capable, not being confident in any situation is expensive.
Stop spending money poisoning yourself and on easy dopamine hits then you’ll have money for good quality (more expensive) food, health club memberships and better activities.
The answers to all of the world’s health problems are really simple. Move, eat well, sleep and surround yourself with people who do the same, repeat. Most just can’t be arsed to show up for themselves every day because it hurts and it’s uncomfortable (temporarily).
So the next time you go to do something difficult that will serve you long term don’t give yourself time to negotiate an excuse. Just get it done and count it as an investment to the health bank you can’t see that is quietly compounding with every hard thing you overcome. You won’t see the interest until you’re in your later years still living life as if you were 20 whilst your peers from highschool are getting hip replacements and looking for the money to pay for it.
Nike nailed it…… Just do it.