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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5339245" data-attributes="member: 54707">Don't take this the wrong way WP, or as a criticism of your post. I'm merely commenting on the assumption underlying the post, and unfortunately rather common among certain groups in society, that one kind of activity precludes, or excludes another. (I think this is actually more of a pop culture assumption, rather than a truly valid proposition.)When young I gamed, a lot. Started out as a wargamer, later moved on the RPGs and other types of games.But just because I gamed didn't prevent me from playing football. Wargaming didn't exclude soccer, or running distance, which I also did, or playing baseball. And RPGs didn't stop me from hiking or being a woodsman. As a matter of fact gaming enhanced many other activities I did, and vice-versa. And being interested in science didn't suppress my religious views, in my opinion science and religion once again enhanced each other. And my jock friends didn't stop me form having (what at the time we used to call) brainiac and nerd friends. Matter of fact I was called both a jock, and a brainiac, as well as just a regular guy. I hung around all kinds of folk, did all kinds of things, and never saw the contradiction nor the need for contradiction in any of my activities. Or different kinds of friends for that matter.So gaming never interfered with my athletic endeavors, any more than my scientific experiments ever interfered with my praying and meditating. I just did different things at different times. At that kept everything running smoothly. And still does.As for exercise and keeping fit, I have a modified P90X program which I follow, I do Raja Yoga, run, cycle, swim, and hike. And I train for my squadron and so forth. Occasionally I run obstacle courses, and I have a very careful diet I follow. I also throw discus, not because I'm really any good at it, but because I just love to do it. To me it's very relaxing, and I'm thinking of getting a new bow and taking up archery again. (I used to shoot a lot, and still practice a lot with my guns because I need to stay practiced for casework, but archery was always more fun and more challenging to me.)I am a writer by trader, among other things, and although I love to write, I am also a physical person, and it bothers me from time to time to catch myself sitting for hours at a time before a screen and keyboard. It used to bother me badly, and was what I hated most about my job as a writer. But I've redone my schedule to make it work better and to break up long periods of sedentary activity and intersperse those periods with more physical activity.If you're a writer, and it seems by implication in your initial post that you might be, then my suggestion is just schedule different types of activities for different interests and time-slots. Physical, mental, psychological, social, spiritual, I think we should make some time for all types of activities.Anywho, good luck to ya. And as others said, welcome aboard.</blockquote>

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