It seems like todays society is structured in such a way that success (resource-wise, being of high status) is only attainable by partaking in destructive behavior. Examples: To be academically successful you need to study information, of which a lot is not useful in the real world, under artificial blue light, and under constant competition. To be successful at your workplace, you need to sit in front of a computer, under blue light, working long hours, neglecting other activities. Also, eating healthy is pretty hard now, especially when under time pressure. More important might be, having the mindset required to succeed in such a system might be a result of the stress hormones, such as serotonin, adrenaline, cortisol etc., most of the time. Although, of course, ambition and work ethic do not have to be signs of a bad metabolism.
Being in perfect health or even recovering from being unhealthy on the other hand might require one to move to a place with a constantly warm climate, a good food supply and a generally low stress environment. This is hard to accomplish when you are young, unhealthy and there aren't a lot of resources at your disposal. Also, being flexibel might be better for health than running on habits; the latter might be a prerequisite for productive action and therefore for success in most cases tho.
I see getting competent and achieving mastery as something beautiful, and there probably have to be sacrifice to achieve something worthwhile, but on the other hand, wrecking my health doing that sounds awful.
So my question would be, and it's more of a philosophical one than purely practical: how to achieve good health long-term and also achieve success (mostly in financial terms) in the modern western society?
Being in perfect health or even recovering from being unhealthy on the other hand might require one to move to a place with a constantly warm climate, a good food supply and a generally low stress environment. This is hard to accomplish when you are young, unhealthy and there aren't a lot of resources at your disposal. Also, being flexibel might be better for health than running on habits; the latter might be a prerequisite for productive action and therefore for success in most cases tho.
I see getting competent and achieving mastery as something beautiful, and there probably have to be sacrifice to achieve something worthwhile, but on the other hand, wrecking my health doing that sounds awful.
So my question would be, and it's more of a philosophical one than purely practical: how to achieve good health long-term and also achieve success (mostly in financial terms) in the modern western society?
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