have you ever thought about exercise....

Nice thought Johnny
I like it

We live in a village, where no one does exercise because all the people of the village wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning, clean the cows, buffaloes mess, give them fodder, give them water. Then after that they go to the fields and work, all day they keep doing some physical work. They do not even need to exercise separately.
But those who want to go in sports or in the army, they have to exercise separately. And in the city where there is no physical work, they have to exercise to stay fit. But it would be better if they could do some meaningful physical work.

Even to drink a glass of water in village life, some physical exercise has to be done. Here hand pumps are used for water and it takes man power to run.
Here exercise is done in small tasks, there is no need to exercise separately. If there is some free time, then they help each other too.

They do not need to be exercised separately.
Their everyday life is exercise.

Hello Mel,

I am currently in a project that is sort of like that.

I live in a small community and there was a house that was in poor condition....it was literally an eye soar to the community and after I bought it, I had heard that some other people were going to buy it and tear it down.

I got it cheap and I was going to remodel the whole thing and then sell it to my sister for just the money I had in it. I was not planning on making any profit. My father and I have been working on it for over a year now and circumstances have changed with my sister needing a house. She now has a house so now my not for profit project is now for profit.

But anyway, I used to work out and I am sure I will go back to it. In the meanwhile, everyday I am working on this house and when I get home, I have sore muscles I didn't even know I had. So, I am in no condition for exercising afterwards.

The house is near completion. I have had several people from the community stop and thank me for what I have done for the town. The neighbor comes over once in awhile and she says it is the best looking house in town. I don't like tooting my own horn, but I will admit it does look beautiful. I am a very detail oriented person and I like to add a little artistic flare to things I do....and as a gentleman who stopped by said, it was bold the color scheme I chose, but I really made it work.

I had hired some local people to help out with some of the projects, so I was able to bring some people together with this project. I am very grateful they were involved. I enjoyed this project so much that I have another house bought that I plan on doing something similar with it. I feel that this is a testament that people can make their circumstances better for themselves. There are many videos I watched on Youtube to learn things...for example, I just had to lay some cement block. I have never done it before and the job turned out beautiful.

Now there will be a house available for a new family to move into town. Currently, there are hardly any houses available around here. It is a poor community and a lot of the house have been torn down. I feel the more people we have moving in here, the more money the area can get....for improvements on roads and the like, and for potentially creating additional jobs.

Mel, those houses you painted look outstanding. That was very nice of you to do that. Sometimes things exists that are more than ourselves.....hence this blog with exercise.

Hello Pedro,

That is great that you have the mindset to help others. Yes, we do have to help ourselves....but I feel life is more than just about being about ourselves....and anything we can do outside of ourselves is a great service.

Hello Decent Love,

In your area, it does not seem that some people have that luxury of time for doing exercise. Thank you for the eye opener. Really, that is what exercising is....it really is a luxury. If people who have that luxury spent time bottling water....arranging for a network to exist to send that water to areas in need...that would be pretty cool.

Thanks.

Merc,

Good point about people on the internet. Can you imagine what those hours could be used for? Like I mentioned earlier in a response, there are so many how to videos on Youtube that I think one could almost learn to do anything.

I am not against exercising. In fact, after my current project, I plan on going back to it. But during this project I am doing, I had realized that my exercise routine is no longer really necessary...and I am achieving something productive for the community, and given the circumstances, something for myself. However, the profit I make, much of it I do intend on putting it back into the community with improving additional homes and temporarily getting people to help that like doing what they do and need some extra money.

I have worked on this project now for a span of two summers....and when I was done for the day with those summer days....I was covered top to bottom with sweat.....and I absolutely loved it. :) It was a better exercise routine than I had ever done for myself.

Merc...this is suppose to be a thought provoking blog. From my understanding, you are into exercise at a very high level. I am guessing that you have probably, through the years, motivated others that have not really taken care of themselves as well as they could have....to step up and take that next step. In other words, I am guessing you have inspired others. There are many ways to be more than just yourself. Who knows, you might be exercising two years from now....and a thought might pop into your head about doing an activity for just an hour or a day...that might replace part of your exercise routine for that moment.

Johnny how you doing?

Have you ever thought about putting on some kind of generator contraption on the springs of your mattress and box spring?

Hello ExR,

I does not have to be about building a house. That is something I found very labor intense, which I feel is good for the body....and it is achieving community benefit. But, I also have a neighbor that only cuts their grass twice a year. As soon as I find extra time, I plan on making arrangements where I can maybe cut their grass for them a couple of times.

Or...just doing something big for yourself....something that people have really never considered....and then they realize that hey, I can do that too. Motivator, influencer....inspiration.....those all take time and energy. Like Merc said about people on the internet....

I am not saying sacrifice yourself and become obsessed...although being obsessed with love is not a bad thing...I think....but maybe there might be moments in one's life they might realize, that instead of lifting these weights for an hour, maybe I can grab my lawnmower and cut somebody's grass for an hour (for an example...it could be anything).

LK.

But yes, I think sleep is very very important. I know how my next day is if I wake up in the middle of the night for some odd reason. :( Thankfully, it doesn't happen often.

Fire, I have had those moments before.

Ysa....yes, exercise is good for both the body and the mind.

I don't know about Robert. He seems to have disappeared on us.