If this pandemic has taught me anything it's that you ought to become a responsible and smart person to survive and enjoy this life. Take charge of your life and oversee things to add more meaning to your life. When you take on more tasks, you have a continuous pursuit that would preoccupy you and develop or improve you as a person. When you've got the brains and willingness to manage, you would have better opportunities presented to you. You have better access to things like products, services, and even experiences when you become smart and apply what you know. So take risks, learn, and take action. It's part of adulting to constantly change anyway. If you're in your twenties or thirties then you might be able to relate with me because I'm in that age range. Now, at this time, we're the young adults. As some people would say, it's our turn to run things. Because of such, it makes sense to work on our way of thinking and capabilities. As grown-ups, the new ...

If you're going to practice running, you might as well do it with seriousness. That is to say, you can do some fast running and even sprinting as if to save your life from someone or something. It's not always that you'll do this but running like this sometimes is worth it. That's because you can really work your legs, feet, and even the rest of your body to make yourself not only fit but also prepared. You might be asking, "What is there to be ready for?" It isn't to say that something bad is going to happen. It only addresses the fact that disasters may happen. So it's more on working on one's preparedness or survival instincts. So, when you'd train daily or weekly, at least have a plan. Don't just randomly run wherever and however you want to. Rather, you ought to have a system that you could follow to work on your lower extremities so that they would end up to be more dependable. This is to say that you should know when to change your p...

 Instead of living your life and letting days go by without much care, you ought to think about becoming old. There's no certainty that you'll reach old age but it isn't unhealthy to assume so. After all, many reach their 60s and beyond. So it wouldn't be strange why you would do the same later on. Since you might age enough to see your hair turn grey and feel that your body is already weak, you should prepare. It would be difficult to find yourself one day unprepared for the days when you're already vulnerable. The fact is that you can reduce your vulnerability so you should be ready while you're ahead. Whether you're alone or with people in the future, you should think about your daily functioning plus your safety and security. After all, when you're old, your bones, muscles, and joints are already weak. Because of such things, it's clear that doing certain things might be difficult or already impossible for you. Due to this, you need to do some th...

 I've been reading a lot of martial arts lately and even started practicing arnis, escrima or kali again. Why? I can't shake off this feeling that something's about to happen. I'm someone who promotes optimism and positiveness but there are just some things that bring out the defensiveness in me. Because of the limited resources right now and the present condition of the economy, I'm just making myself ready for anything. You can't expect people to just sit and do nothing about their problems. Countries in need of resources and that have different political interests may have serious disagreements and such. It comes as no surprise why so many in the world right now are thinking that some nations are ready to overpower others. But this isn't to say that it's just to be paranoid nowadays. These are only practical ideas. Because of the possibility that trouble may surface, I started working on my self-defense skills again. It's not even only because oth...

               I've been practicing arnis since the beginning of the first quarantine period. And, so far, my skills improved a lot. So what do I do every day? I have this routine that I follow which helps me maintain my grip, forms, and strength.                My gripping force improved because I swung the sticks many times using both hands. How many repetitions, you ask? I do 50 strikes to different parts of the body, per set, and do 10 sets each. That makes 500 times per hand. Of course, people mentioned to me that I went overboard but I doubt it. That's considering what other serious martial artists do to enhance their skills.                I don't count how many hits my punching bag takes when I do impact striking. I only feel the force that I deliver and hold on to the sticks harder. I don't even mind the sounds that I make too. What's important ...

              Well, you can't go to the gym nowadays so there's no other choice but to do workouts at home. But that's alright. I've no problems with the idea. I've been doing it for the longest time, anyway. Besides, I have some free weights, handlebars, and exercise programs to use.               Even if I know that you need to rest, as part of my routine, I do some lifting on-the-daily. I can honestly say that I do supersets and many of them until I feel worn out. Is it healthy? I don't think so. Not entirely at least, I mean. But it seems to be helping me get in shape and become stronger faster. Unlike before, I can now do the military press many times and with weights that I'd classify as extra heavy. I don't want to disclose numbers, though. Still, I do bodyweight exercises. Push-ups, dips, and planking, to be exact. Yet, to really take it up a notch, I've made it a part of my routine to also throw som...