Chapter 26 about health

When I was young, health was never something I considered, and I never thought about whether I needed to lose weight. Even if I did exercise, it was because I liked it. Always eating irregular meals, often overeating, and drinking without restraint, because there is never a need to think about the consequences. My father always told me, don't do this, you will regret it when you grow old.These are just deaf ears. Now, I am not old yet, but I have begun to realize that everything has consequences. Some time ago, I went on a business trip to Europe for a month. I slept no more than five hours a day, and many times I stayed overnight.So on the plane back, I fell asleep.During the flight time of more than ten hours, I didn't drink a sip of water.After returning home, it was more than ten hours, sleeping in the dark, not eating or drinking.When I forced myself to get up and walked out the door, I found that I was too weak to control myself.

In this way, a serious illness.Several months have passed, and the fatigue has not completely disappeared. Suddenly I realized that no matter how strong a person's will is, it cannot be against his body.And if you don't have health, what can you do? Being a reporter is a job that requires a lot of physical strength, overloaded workload, irregular life, and constantly changing living environment. If you don't have enough physical strength and psychological endurance, you will not be able to do it. There are too many examples around me. Some colleagues have no way to continue working in this industry because they need to travel frequently. Some colleagues, especially those photographers, have to carry a camera weighing tens of pounds for a long time Many people have more or less strains on their cervical spine and waist. Even journalists often suffer from waist or arm pain because they need to help carry tripods and other equipment.Some colleagues left the TV industry with regret.

The profession of journalist also requires great energy.In many cases, even though they have worked continuously for more than ten hours or overnight, reporters are still required to maintain their thinking ability and judgment ability.Especially when interviewing news about emergencies, there is no fixed interview mode, what is needed is to wait and discover, and then follow up. I can’t relax a little bit, because news clues are often missed in the moment of relaxation. up. Compared with many people, I am a very energetic person.I think on the one hand, I like this job and have motivation, and on the other hand, it is also the capital of talent.It's just that, with age, the capital of talent is slowly losing.

In the past, it was easy to stay up all night, and it would be able to recover quickly, but now, it may take several weeks to recover after one night.In the past, as long as someone told me the content of the event location, I would remember these things, but now, people often call me and ask me how to deal with this matter before I remember, and there is such a thing.In order to prevent mistakes, I am now used to writing things down in a notebook. In the past, I used to be proud that I didn't need a pen, because everything was clearly in my mind. After leaving university, I stopped doing any sports, except swimming occasionally in the summer.Fortunately, my job is not to sit in the office, but to run around constantly outside, and to carry a lot of things, which is more or less considered exercise.

It's just that sometimes, although it's hard work, the result is unexpected. Once I went to Russia and those countries independent from the former Soviet Union for interviews. After two weeks, the photographer and I gained a lot of weight.Both of us felt very strange, because our daily working hours were almost 20 hours. After thinking about it, we thought it must be because we ate instant noodles and drank Coca-Cola almost every day, because the water in some countries was polluted by nuclear radiation. It seems that work alone is not enough to maintain a healthy body.Recently, I finally made up my mind to exercise.

I am an impatient person, and my father felt that this time my determination must be the same as before, and it would only last a month at most.I think so myself, because I've always been anticlimactic about things I didn't feel compelled to do. I play tennis and practice yoga, of course, only when I am not on business, so it is quite intermittent.But it's been going on and on for a few months now.It's been more than a month, and even I am a little surprised. After reflecting on it, the reason is very simple. In my mind, health and exercise have finally been equated.And health is something that I think is indispensable for a person.So I continued to do it.

With a good starting point, the whole process becomes more enjoyable.I still remember when I was in college, getting up and running in the morning was the most painful thing in my life. On the track, I could always run a few laps less, but now, although it is very hard, I feel that I can Bear with it, I believe I can do it. I have a friend who is an excellent scientist. Not long ago, I heard that he had a serious illness and was admitted to the hospital. Stay at home.It's a pity to see him, but what can I say? I only hope in my heart that he will recover soon. The human body is like a machine, it is always depreciated, and there will be various failures that need to be repaired. Sometimes, people are a little lazy. If there is a little problem, it does not hinder the operation of the machine. Just pretend you can't see it.It's just that when these small problems accumulate and finally stop the machine, if luck is good, it can be overhauled, but if luck is not good, it will be scrapped.

This process cannot be repeated a second time. It seems that human life cannot take two and do it again. Physical health can always be obtained, as long as you are willing to put your mind to it.Take your time, sweat it out, and be unafraid of the hard work.But mental health is not so simple.To have a healthy mind, Rely on only yourself.A psychiatrist can give some theoretical and technical help, but to really experience and solve the troubles you face, you have to rely on yourself.