Discipline. . .Or Not

Like several of my other blog posts, this one isn't strictly about dieting. It's not even about healthful eating. In fact, it has little or nothing to do with the topics I generally post on. It does have to do with discipline. Right now, America and the rest of the world is going through something hitherto unknown In our lifetime. A pandemic. Despite my nearly total lack of respect for politicians, most have been doing a fairly good job in flattening the curve and moving the virus away from us and getting people back to normal life.

But the story that popped up on AOL News several days ago speaks to one of the reasons why Americans are now and probably will remain unhealthy, for many years. There's a total lack of discipline. This is only one example, but typifies the American attitude toward anything that requires any sort of regimentation or structure. I'm not going to say a whole lot about this, but it just makes me sick.

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