Hi there,
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago…the second best time is now”
We’ve all heard about the magical power of compounding interest. Well this is compounding health.
Choosing to do hard things early in life is like investing in Apple stock in 1995 when it was $0.24 per share. Just a $100 investment would be $93,750 even if you never put another cent in.
Similarly, we can invest into our health early and reap the benefits later in life. Of course this is an oversimplification as our body requires constant maintenance.
The point is that laying the foundation early pays back in multiples of the time, energy and effort you put in. Imagine if you knew the rowing you did in High School helped you avoid diabetes later in life.
It’s hard to measure the disease you never got, the heart attack that didn’t happen, the early death that didn’t come, but you’re living the real outcomes of choices you’ve already made.
“But Grant, I didn’t buy Apple stock 20 years ago when the internet still felt like science fiction.”
I hear you, neither did I.. and we both missed out on some money.
“So how does this even help me now? If I wasn’t in shape or doing the hard things when I was younger, does it even matter anymore?”
It’s not a write off but I won’t sugarcoat it. If you dodged PE at school, ate like rubbish and have coasted through life on easy mode, you’ve already paid part of the price and you can’t rewind the clock.
The next 20 years will pass no matter what. I promise. Read that again.
Whether you know it or not, right now you’re back at the 1995 crossroads. Apple’s stock is your health this time, sitting at $0.24 a share, and unlike back then, someone’s in your ear telling you to buy.
The opportunity is right here. Whether you invest or not is up to you. Time will pass either way.
“A healthy person dreams a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one dream”
– Grant
