When I speak to businesses and associations, I often tell them about my patients in their sixties, seventies, and eighties who wished that they had taken better care of themselves in their twenties, thirties, and forties. Like investing money, our health habits pay off over time.
It?s sad, but many retirees are unable to enjoy the things that they had spent their entire lives dreaming about and saving for because their worn and tired body won?t let them.
Or, in some cases, they had no money because they had used their savings to pay for medical bills.?Illness and medical bills contribute to 62% of all bankruptcies according to this study?in the American Journal of Medicine and older Americans are the fastest growing demographic of bankruptcy filers.
Sometimes I ask my audiences, ?What would your 8-year-old self say to you if they could see what you?ve done with their body? Is this what you envisioned for yourself as a kid? And what will your 80-year-old self think when they?re stuck with the body that they?ve inherited from you??
Jim Rohn said, ??Take care of your body. It?s the only place you have to live.? It?s not just our body but the body of our 8-year-old self and our 80-year-old self.
So, start living for a lifetime, right now. And remember, the best time to start taking care of yourself was before; the next best time is right now. The worst time is later.
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Source: http://drmarctinsley.com/investing-in-your-health-to-enjoy-your-future-wealth/
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