The other day I got into a discussion with some friends on what age a man hits his physical peak. What this means is at what age, if a man worked out obsessively, would he hit his peak physical performance. They argued that it is 23, meaning after 23 years old you will not be able to achieve the same kind of gain physically as you did at 23. I wonder where this information comes from because a few days later I got into the same discussion with a different set of guy friends and they argued late 20’s to early 30’s reference sports players who get better with age. Regardless of when this peak age is it made me think of how we develop day to day.
What you do today affects every progressive day of your life. The saying “live for today” does not really work here, because I do not reap the benefits of what I do today. All the benefits of today are for tomorrow. I react to my own life as a rook on a chessboard only moves forward, backward, and side to side. I don’t see all the importance of how I affect my future I just react to what is right in front of me. Day to day life is about the next hurdle with mental thoughts of “I will get to that later in life” or “once I make enough money I will have time for that.” The idea of living is not just about dealing with the moment but what is driving you in that moment. Do I just live for myself or am I living for something more?
