I cannot overly emphasize the important of good health to a career, any career. It does not matter if your job requires constant activity or, like many accountants, you sit at a desk all day. Being healthy will improve your job performance. There is a misleading notion that the work of accountants is sedentary and requires little energy. The fact is that most of us put in long hours and that thinking alone uses nutrition and causes fatigue. We also sit through long meetings fueled only by coffee and, perhaps, pasty. Deadlines are a source of stress. The requirements of government legislation (i.e. SOX) or of associations (i.e. ISO2000) add more reasons why our working lives can be long and arduous. To cope with all this a person must be healthy, both physically and mentally.
Heath care professional stress the importance of a balanced lifestyle, emphasizing the need to spend more time with family. The fact is that no one knows you as well as you know yourself. There are people who’s home life is even more stressful that their work. I myself once took the advice of a doctor to eat a good breakfast before an important exam. This knowing that my body often rejected early morning food intake beyond coffee and a single plain donut. The results were disastrous, both to me and to my GPA. I learned then that I was the primary person responsible for my own health. This requires a need to be aware of wellness issues and to be proactive in seeking what is best for a particular individual.
Nothing that I write here will benefit anyone if they are not motivated to be as healthy as they can be. There are health care professionals who make a living doing just this and your reaction will be “I heard this all before.” I can, however, make suggestions that you can choose to reject or to follow up in a manner that is appropriate to you alone. This is based on the premise, already stated, that no one knows you like you know yourself. It follows then that it is you who must take responsibility for health issues and learn all you can about your own aliments. A website that I found to be useful is www.healthline.com. This is an excellent site if you want to begin researching information about diseases, drugs or symptoms. Topics are easy to lookup and articles are written in plain English. You can also register to become a part of the healthline community free of charge. The site also offers easy access to various articles and to videos on many topics. Also included are various tools for the calculation BMI, calories burned, asthma susceptibility, and many others. I particularly like the Drug Interaction Checker because I know how useful this could be. The website obviously earns money by advertising and facilitating the purchase of drugs and periodicals. So you will be subjected to annoying “pop-ups.” I suggest that one read these skeptically or ignore them altogether. Although this is a practical site, it cannot replace a good doctor who is willing to discuss you own wellness with you. It is important to be proactive and, even more importantly, not to postpone healthy living until the need becomes obvious.
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