They sound simple. Achievable even, regardless of age, gender, geography, profession, height, or IQ.
So why do so many people struggle with The Basics, especially those who seem well equipped with time, resources, and education?
The Basics of Good Days That Then Make Up a Good Life
- 8 hours of sleep
- 3 liters of water
- Balanced meals of equal parts greens, protein, and carbs
- Sunlight and 15 minutes of being still and present in nature
- Enough exercise to get out of your mind and into your body
- Quiet time as quality time with yourself
- A rewarding hobby or pursuit for growth, betterment, or self-expression
Why The Basics Are So Difficult
What if you didn’t consume any refined sugar television, artificially manufactured social media, or food whose most primary aim is to be picked for pleasure with nourishing you being a secondary aim, if at all? What if instead you were disciplined in your devotion to delivering yourself strictly The Basics?
Such a quality of life isn’t a matter of means, but a result of resolve.
Because saying yes to The Basics also requires saying no.
No to distraction. No to the endless buffet of cheap entertainment and pleasures at our fingertips. It means stretching to make your own fun and fulfillment. It means reaching to earn your own excitement and enjoyment.
The Basics are affordable at almost all income levels, but not everybody is willing to pay the cost of sacrifice, of follow-through, of accountability, of doing it when you would rather not and don’t feel like it.
But paying that cost upfront, now, ends up costing us less in the long run.
