Two keys to a healthy, balanced life

Running and writing.

Why?

• they teach us about patience. about syncing the high speeds our minds think at and at actual speed life moves at and thus, can be experienced.
• they teach us to link the 3 dimensions of time: past, present and future. Writing means thinking about events, experiences and ideas form the past and figuring out how we want to express them now for future use. When running, you eventually reach a state that you concentrate less on the activity itself and start thinking with an increased heart rate. Your mental and physical body experience stress and you get to observe how you think and react during stress. 
• And most importantly, they remind us things don't have to be perfect. Every time we run or write, we have a vision for how it's gonna go and rarely do things turn out like that. When we run or write, we come face to face with uncertainty and living in the moment (two sides of the same coin to me).