Good Health is Never Discretionary

 

As we face a new phase of spiraling living costs, one of the popular first cuts people

make is the cost of maintaining good health – physical and emotional. Yep…sad, but true. 

I am speaking of the most natural personal health resource you have. One that replenishes

your burnt energy, reduces your stress levels, boosts your self esteem, stimulates your

capacity to be positive, expands your creativity and refreshes your enthusiasm for living.

Pretty important stuff, wouldn’t you say?

 

You’ll find it in any interest you pursue simply for enjoyment. Traditionally they’re called

leisure or recreational interests. Economists call them discretionary interests.  In fact,

they aren’t discretionary. They’re up there with every other component essential for

staying healthy.

 

The stresses of normal daily living are insidiously eating into your physical, emotional

and even spiritual health.  If unaddressed, the cracks of life begin to appear. Little things

like lack of sound sleep, or getting angry too often.  Resting isn’t enough. You need at

least one interest that transports your mind to a world of sheer enjoyment, any interest

that expresses your authentic self, triggering what’s called a ‘state of flow’. Singing in a

choir does it for me. When you lose yourself in an interest you love, you find yourself.  

 

In matters of economics, your health is never a discretionary item.

-                      Peter Nicholls

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Peter Nicholls

Director, Work Leisure International

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