Random Thoughts on Movement and Living Well

When does something healthy become disordered?   " Our time, attention and energy are limited.The more passionate we become about any one pursuit, the less of ourselves we have to offer to everything else....You simply cannot be deeply passionate and balanced in combination. The roots of passion, prevent it.....Living with passion is, by definition, living without balance."  From the book The Passion Paradox by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness In my opinion, the answer to that question is found in asking oneself more questions…….passion is good but there is a fine line between passionate and addicted.   Is the activity taking lots of head space and thoughts?  C an you turn thoughts about the activity off?   Is it mentally distracting from other activities people, or work?   Is it taking substantial time away from higher priorities? Is it making you a better or more pleasant person to be around….or the opposite?  Is  it life-giving or is it drai...

All or Nothing is Not Always the Right Approach In college, I took a lot of speech classes. I am an introvert and a data geek so I thought it would be helpful for career purposes. Debate was probably one of the most useful classes, other than my accounting classes, that I took during my four years at IU.  Every topic that we debated, we had to debate both sides.  At first, I thought it was going to be so difficult to argue both sides of an issue. As it turned out, I discovered that it was not challenging at all to argue both sides (and that was even before the internet). Virtually every topic had pros and cons, so debating each side was not that difficult.  That class taught me such a valuable life lesson. It taught me that nearly every topic and argument that exists has two sides. It taught me that because of that, striking common ground is invaluable. It of course required that we debate or argue based on facts, not based on opinions.  This of course was also a val...