Stop avoiding exercising your mind and body

Our minds and bodies are at their best when involved in action and activity, yet most people find themselves sitting at desks, repeating the same routines day after day. Our bodies, though, are much better suited to the physical demands of hunter –gatherer societies, or even the agrarian economies of a century or two ago.

Plowing the south forty behind an ox might not be the most attractive of occupations, but it does wonders for the heart and lungs.

We live in an amazing era in which financial security usually requires hours of…