There was a time when ‘virus’ was flu and ‘CD’ was a bank account; when instead of texting ‘how r u,’ you went to meet friends and family. However, to expect life to continue, as it was, is neither logical nor desirable. Technology has added value to life, but, as is true for every gain, there has been an accompanying loss.
Urban life has become easy, thanks to technology. There is telebanking, telebooking, telemarketing, teleconferencing, teleshopping, and a host of other tele-activities to make life multi-media centric. Staying glued to the monitor, whether at home or at office, is a common feature of modern lifestyle. This sedentary lifestyle is causing health problems through the world, cutting across all age groups. Obesity is a common problem among pre-teens and adolescents; who, in most urban homes, shuttle between various multi-media devices. People in their early twenties are reporting heart problems, which doctors opine is brought about with very less physical activity and intake of processed food. The common excuse – where is the time? How would you like if ‘time’ was built into your daily schedule?
If you have observed, people in our city drive down to areas such as Civil Lines; the green avenues and serene environment, here, entice you to be initiated into an early morning ritual of walking or jogging. It goes without saying that the environment in which you work, rest or spend your leisure, plays a very important role in making or breaking the pleasure factor of the activity. So, will it not be a privilege, if you have a tree-lined jogging track running just in front of your house?
Just as people differ, so do their requirements and choices; and for some the air-conditioned environment of a high-tech gymnasium is more attractive. It often happens that you register at a good gym, but end up going there only in the weekends! ‘Time’ is not the only scapegoat; it can always be new, innovative and sometimes improbable ones – the weather, wife’s elbow, or a neighbour’s visit. Imagine a modern gym, just across the road from your doorstep; excuses real and not-so-real will not be a hindrance to following a fitter lifestyle.
Since the bottom line is a healthy lifestyle, it is not always required that one has to sweat it out in a gym. Any physical activity, as simple as climbing the stairs or walking down a block from the car park, adds to health benefits. A game of tennis would be invigorating and energy giving. The trick is to adopt to change, in a way that negates the negative outcome of the change.
Outdoor and indoor options co-existing in the precincts of your home may sound wishful, but there are people you have planned to make this holistic environment real. Imagine a life, where you are thus spoilt for choices! So, why not built that health equity, which will see you through the years to come?
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