Upgrade you
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
It seems like everyday there is another program, website, vehicle, home appliance, phone, music player, you-name-it that gets a makeover. This makeover or ‘update’ can be anywhere from a shiny spanking new exterior to a total overhaul of internal components and/ or programming.
The updates that are now available for smartphones are unbelieveable. From applications to operating systems, there is a daily fix for the gadgetnistas and nistos among us. Sometimes these updates make our lives easier; they may facilitate smoother operation or link similar applications so that each has access to a common database, not requiring the user to input the same damn info ten thousand hundred times. Sometimes, *cough* especially if the upgrade wasn’t sourced at a reputable location, all lights go out, triggering the “break out in a cold sweat now” user function because well, to quote myself ‘THAT PHONE IS MY LIFE!’.
Maybe we ought to do the same with ourselves. With aging comes a lot of things, yes things shift, slow down, disappear, appear and don’t work as they used to, but it also brings the opportunity for growth, experience and maturity. We understand a lot more about who we are and how the world we live in works. We are in a better position to make educated choices, if not only because of what the school of life has taught us. So why don’t we?
Nature understands that only those things that are able to adapt to constant change survive. Technology understands that only that which can deliver what the masses require will be chosen. Let us as humans not fall behind. Let us strive to keep ourselves current.
The world is there for our taking, so let us take advantage of it by making better choices with respect our health, our relationships, our nutrition, our families, and our lives. However, much like dealing with smartphones, let us pay special attention to how we go about this ‘updating’ process. Let us be careful where we seek council. Let us be careful with what we ingest, emotionally and physically. Like that bootleg DVD, crash and fad diets only crash and burn our systems.
Our grand-parents were unto something. Short cuts end up being long cuts. All that glitters is not gold.
Lets upgrade ourselves the healthy way – one determined step at a time.
Be the best you.
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