I’m really not one to play the what if game.
That’s always a kind of dangerous mind game to play anyway.
It’s just tough to consider alternatives once the moment has passed. You just have to live with your decisions and try to improve. But I do wonder sometimes if getting back in shape would have been much easier a decade ago. I think it would have because that’s one less decade that I would have spent sitting in the air conditioning instead of being active. For so much of my life, I went from sitting in the zone controlled HVAC of the office to sitting in my recliner in the air conditioning at home. That is not good for a body in any sort of way at all. All that sedentary lifestyle ends up catching up with a person. Now that I’m in my 50’s, I’m trying to prevent more adverse health conditions by getting in better shape. At first, I tried just getting out of the air conditioning to take a walk. And I’d also take a walk during my lunch hour. This had the desired effect and soon became a behavior. So then, I tried the gym. But there were two things that just didn’t work for me in the gym. One was feeling so weird working out with other people. The other was that the heating and cooling in that gym was the worst. That resulted in me letting the membership lapse. But I knew I needed strength and more aerobic exercise. So I put a ductless heat pump in the basement and put in my own gym at home.