Wealth is dependent on health

We labour to make ends meet all the days of our lives. That sacrifice is good enough to ensure you live healthy for you to enjoy your wealth as you graduate from one level to another.
My grandmother is 96 years old but this lady is amazing, still physically fit her eye sight is superb.

She can ably walk and talk to her great grand children and still has that beautiful smile. This got me thinking with our lifestyles shall we be able to enjoy the old age when we are physically fit? She is my best friend so once in a while she takes me back in the days when she was youthful.
She was raised in a family of 12 being the elder sister she had to take on most activities. Farming and cattle keeping were the main activities for the home.

Education those days was for the boys but somehow she managed to attend a few classes before she was married off at the age of 16.
They had the best times growing up feeding on fresh foods and meats that were not genetically modified and worked hard as a family, her dad used to tell them “without work no food” they were great farmers.
Somehow she is disappointed by how things have changed in this generation where we mostly feed on processed foods and drinks which are unhealthy.
Anyway me and her, our stories never end laughed hard when she narrated to me that chicken and grasshoppers were prepared for men and it was a taboo for women to eat them and yet today chips and chicken is a main course to some ladies.

What is wealth without good health? We spend more time working for and making money but if we haven’t tackled our health we are close to day dreaming.
Sedentary and car-dependent lifestyles make it difficult to be physically active. One of the most important ways of protecting people from chronic illness, such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes is being physically active and improving our eating habits.

Drink more water and eat fresh fruits
The body loses water through breathing, sweating, and digestion, which is why it’s important to rehydrate by drinking water and eating foods that contain water, for example, watermelon. Your body uses water in all its cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate its temperature and maintain other bodily function.

Exercise more
Our working routines are so unfavourable we sit from 8am to 8pm which is dangerous. In fact; exercise can help keep your body at a healthy weight.
Exercise helps people lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases. Exercising regularly decreases a person’s risk of developing certain diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
As we quest for wealth invest in your health by buying a few gadgets that can help you exercise.

Work on your relationships
I love to hang around children because they have a free will spirit and all they do is laugh, smile and cry loud and get over it. As we grow up, we need people who can be there for us in every situation because life is like that filled with ups and downs.
Invest time and money in health relationship. It is easy to feel isolated when life is challenging and you are struggling with stressful situations in your life. Having meaningful, healthy relationships, helps you maintain a positive outlook and helps you stave off feelings of depression, anxiety and anger.

Feed your Mind
Buy a book and read something motivational or advance in the field of your passion. Be carefully what you feed your brain, remember one is judged by what comes out of their mouths. Reading helps develop the mind and imagination and the creative side of a person. It helps to improve vocabulary and spelling communication both written and spoken. It plays an important part in building a good self-image. It is a function that is necessary in today’s society.

Ms Annet Katusiime is a certified trainer in financial literacy.