The Sedentary Life

One day my dad told me not to exercise. My dad told me a week before school that I needed more rest and said for the time being I should not exercise but instead sleep and get as much rest as I can before school starts. I guess to a certain extent that makes sense and I am okay with that because I was never a huge fan of exercising anyways. Don’t get me wrong, I think exercising has many benefits . However, when it comes down to exercising or sitting down with a book, I am more inclined towards the latter because I consider myself to be a sedentary person.

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 A person who is active may find scuba diving, skydiving, or dangling from a very tall height fun. However, as a sedentary person, I do not prefer this way of excitement because I feel that it is unsafe. Call me a coward, but the only emotion I can find in doing these activities is fear. I’m scared that my oxygen tank might run out while scuba diving, that l will smack into a building when I am skydiving, or that the ropes will break as I dangle helplessly from a tall height in thin air. Of course, those activities all sound exciting and adventurous but I don’t think I’ll ever muster up the courage to do any of them. However, with sedentary activities it’s like a two for one deal. I feel adventurous but at the same time I feel safe because everything is a figment of my imagination. I can read about The Chrysalids and feel like I am right there in the story while at the same time feel safe because there are actually no mutants trying to kill me. Then I can read the Harry Potter series and feel like I am soaring through the sky and not feel scared that I am going to lose my balance and fall off of a broomstick.

                I personally think that sedentary activities are the safer and more preferred ways for me to experience things. I sometimes like to live in the figment of my imagination even more than the real world and I must admit to the fact that I am a dreamer. Though physical activities are invigorating for health, I think that getting in touch with our creativity side through sedentary activities is also an important aspect of life.