As cave people in the stone ages, there was just one rule of success
DON’T DIE
If you survived, you would reproduce and that allowed your tribe, your community to move ahead
So do whatever it takes to not killed by an animal, get hit by the weather or murdered by a known one
And that has evolved our bodies in a fashion where they will do anything at all to adopt to the environment and not die
We can use the thousands of years of conditioning, to our advantage (or not)
Because our bodies are still, constantly, in survival mode
OMG, this individual is lifting weights everyday. I need to build muscles to cope up with it
Awesome, this guy eats frequently. I don’t need to conserve – I can keep burning
Oh sweet, this person is always in the present. I don’t have to keep pinging with in the head, with my inner chatter
or
Well – if he just sits all day why do I need to build anything to help him walk or run?
If you don’t eat right or regularly, I will have to store – to survive
Going back and forth between the past and future seems to be your favorite hobby. Sure – let’s make it happen
We don’t need to tell our body what we want from it
We just need to decide what we want it to be