At 50s, aging is a real thing for uncle. This manifested daily as running out of energy as the day goes on, taking longer time to recover from sprains, muscle aches, cough, etc. Your body is struggling to keep up with life.
Hence we must be intentional in how we live our life. This includes choice of diet, discipline in exercising, resting well, getting enough sleep, limiting mindless scrolling on phone, and so on.
Health is the number focus at this point in our life, even if you are still struggling financially. If you are already barely making ends meet, failure to take care of your health will just create a disproportionately large impact on your financial situation. Staying healthy doesn't have to cost much. Waking up 1hr earlier to start your day so you can do some exercises and eat a hearty breakfast isn't going to make a dent on your bank account, but will sure prevent a large crater later.
Uncle runs/walk/cycling almost every other day, and includes strength exercises like chin ups, leg curls, push ups, grip training. It's not going to make me a muscle man, but it makes me feel stronger, better and also mentally more sound and in better mood.
It is also important to nourish our mind, by reading up on news, books and learning new things instead of mindless browsing and video watching. Even spending an afternoon to drink kopi with good friends does wonders for your mental health, unless that friend is mental lol.
Anyway, that's all for this post, wishing all uncles and aunties a good weekend, and a fine journey in aging!
