Is It A Midlife Crisis?
May 22, 2020. The day I turned 45 years old. I’m not old but I am far from young. I am home all day like most people around the world dealing with this Covid mess so what else is there to do than to over-think and reflect on my life. That’s where it all started for me.
My life doesn’t stick out from others. I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs. I’ve had successes and I’ve had failures. I’ve done things that I am proud of and...well...the opposite as well.
I tried to always be positive and avoid negative energy and people, but life happens and I just somehow always found myself surrounded by negativity. It was time to put myself in a drama free zone.
The first step was my health. There is physical health, psychological health (for me it was happiness) and spiritual health. In other words Mind, Body and Soul.
Happiness? As humans, we can’t help but to compare ourselves to others. I compared myself a lot to successful people and said why them? Why couldn’t that have been me? I needed to stop that. I realized that as tough as it has been for me, I still have it better than others. I have a roof over my head and I eat three meals a day. Who was I to complain about my situation when there are so many others who don’t have that?
Soul? I will not get into this as everybody has their own ways and/or beliefs. What I can say is that I am in a better place today.
Body? This is the one I needed the most work on. I never worked out. I was terribly out of shape. My back, my knees, my neck, my shoulders, constant headaches, etc etc if it wasn’t one thing it was always another with me. I hated going up and down stairs. I would get short on breath and my knees were getting worse.
The one good thing I did for myself earlier this year was quit smoking. I never got into cigarettes but I did smoke hookah everyday for the last 28 years.
So...it was time to take action. I have this old treadmill in my house that has been used as a secondary closet for many years. It was time to clean it up and plug it in. I found a shop close by where I went and purchased 6 kg dumbbells and an exercise ball.
In my next blog entry, I will talk about my own personalized workout system and my discovery of Collagen.
Iyad Allis
