Eat healthier, exercise, get more sleep and take time for ourselves.

Not only have we known this to be the solution to what will keep us strong… for thousands of years at this point… we now have undeniable, scientific evidence to show the issues when we ignore it.

Yet, unbeknownst to any of us who fully understand the full magnitude of our behaviour towards our own bodies, we continue to ignore the advice. While the current academic posturing is to suggest this is a result of our habitual behaviour (habit change being the popular term), the reasoning may go deeper.

After all, we also know the Earth is in a critical state with climate change, pollution, deforestation, limited access to fresh water and unsustainable farming practices (to name a few), but we continue forward with business as usual. To this, we attribute more to lifestyle expectation than habit, while ignoring the multitude of other parameters.

The truth is we are self-aware of the issues we currently face. We understand the problems we are encountering and know the changes needed to go forward, but still can’t adjust.

This is because we’re being given surface level answers to deeper issues.

Putting a band-aid on a broken bone is not going to heal it. Being told that it’s broken is only stating the obvious and giving the scientific explanation of the issues with living with a broken bone is baffling.

However, getting the proper care for that injury and understanding the full time scale of the process suddenly changes the situation. It goes from painful to hopeful with anticipation along the way.

Adjustment requires time and a deep understanding of what is needed.

A quick fix is never the solution.