One of the reasons our lives go into decline is because we stop setting goals. What is your goal for this day? What do you want to get done today? What would you like to have achieved one year from now? Ten years from now?
Don’t just be satisfied to be alive. Accomplish something. Even just a little something. Tell yourself, I’m going to walk for 30 minutes today. I’m going to send a card/email to that person I love and am thinking about. I’m going to eat only healthy food today. By this time next year I’m going to have painted all the rooms in my house. I’m going to have lost thirty pounds and kept it off. I’m going to have written a book. I’m going to have read the bible cover to cover. I will have run a 5K race. I will have gotten involved in volunteer work. Set goals and then pursue them relentlessly.
It’s called having a purpose in life. It will keep your mind fit, and your body will follow suit.