Take Care of It Like You Own It
Nothing about taking care of yourself and prioritizing your health is extreme. What’s extreme is neglecting your body in exchange for convenience, as if you’re only borrowing it for a short time.
Too many people act like their body is a temporary possession—something they can use up, trade in, or replace when the damage starts adding up. Fast food over real meals. Sedentary habits over movement. Painkillers over prevention. They treat their bodies like they’re renting a car—run it hard, ignore the maintenance, and hand it back when it inevitably breaks down.
But here’s the reality: You don’t get a trade-in. You don’t get a fresh start with a new body when this one wears out. This is it. You either take care of it now, or you’ll be forced to deal with the consequences later.
And the cost of neglect is high. It’s not just about gaining a few pounds or losing a bit of strength—it’s about losing independence, mobility, and quality of life. It’s about needing medication just to function. It’s about spending years managing preventable issues instead of living fully.
Yet somehow, prioritizing your health—eating nutrient-dense food, lifting weights, getting enough sleep—is labeled as “too much.” As if moving your body and fueling it properly is some kind of radical commitment. As if taking the steps to avoid being broken down at 50 is an unnecessary burden.
But there is nothing extreme about wanting to feel strong, capable, and in control of your own body. What’s extreme is throwing away your health and pretending you won’t regret it.
If you wouldn’t ignore maintenance on your home or vehicle, why do it to yourself? You own this body—start acting like it.