4 Questions To Ask Right Now (Or Anytime)

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Voltaire

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It’s times like this — while we are sitting around in quarantine — that we have a minute to ask ourselves questions. Whether you feel like this is a panic or necessary is beside the point. It would be healthy to take a moment during all of this to ask yourself some pretty important questions about life.

These questions are good to ask at any point in life, not just when we are under the stress of world events.

Here’s a shortlist to think about right now.

Is my health where it needs to be?

Working out, eating healthy, getting enough sleep, and keeping stress levels down are all things that need real work. These things don’t just come to us. We have to take the time and put effort into them.

I think we often think that to workout — you have to be an athlete. To eat healthily, we must eat perfect, bland food, and never touch grease again. These thoughts are all untrue — and, quite frankly, I wonder if it’s more convenient lies we tell ourselves.

My bigger question is, what are we placing above our health? Work. Habits. Leisure. Desires.

Notice laziness and lack of motivation were not at the top of that list. If we…