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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
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on’t kid yourselves, you grown-ups. Don’t think for one minute that the Worldwide Day of Play is just about kids. It’s for little kids, sure. But it’s also for big kids. Even old kids. Worldwide Day of Play is decreed by Nickelodeon, and if you check Nick tomorrow between noon and 3:00 pm and you’ll see a blank screen telling you to go play. But let’s say you just checked your calendar and discovered that September 20 has come and gone, and along with it, this year’s Worldwide Day of Play. Well, there’s always next year, right? Wrong. Any autumn day is a great time of year to blow out the carbon and even kick in the afterburners. That’s the great thing about living in the South, y’all. The descendants of the northern aggressors are getting ready to pack it in and hibernate until spring. Here, we’re likely to have primo weather that’s perfect for outdoor activity (also known as “play”) for the next eight months. If we play our cards right, by then we’ll have some active habits that we’ll be hooked on and unable to break, even if we tried — not that we would. The Centers for Disease Control encourages everyone to “Leap Into Fall” and enjoy the beautiful outdoors, to breathe fresh air, stretch your limbs, and engage in physical activities outdoors. To add some incentive — like a preacher who tells you Jesus loves you and then throws in a few added points about eternal torment — the CDC reminds us all that lack of physical activity contributes to obesity, heart disease, stroke, and other chronic heralth conditions. To keep us cool, so to speak, health experts recommend that we all shoot for about 150 minutes of combined physical activity each week. Most of us can’t imagine where we’d find an extra 150 minutes. Realistically, though, that’s a mere 20 minutes a day, give or take. A careful diary would probably reveal that we waste a lot more than 20 minutes a day, or that there are 20-minute blocks of time that are available for exercise — assuming we’re willing to walk on the treadmill during Wheel of Fortune, that is. Perhaps you’ve seen the comic strip where a doctor is asking an out-of-shape patient, “What fits your schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?” That may be a bit extreme, but it does remind us that something as simple as child’s play can promote better health and better living. +
#1 TURN IT OFF! Take those cell
#6 TAKE A HIKE Sing a song, collect phones, TVs, computers and turn ‘em some pinecones, and explore a off. Enjoy the outdoors! wilderness trail! #2 GRAB SOME FRIENDS Because you
can’t play dodgeball without a few pals! ON WHEELS Whether it’s a #3 GET skateboard or a bike, life’s way
more satisfying than seeing the fruits (or vegetables) of your labor. YUM!
SNAP A PIC Take a snapshot of
#4 a sunset, clouds, the ocean or
#9 LOOK UP! Kick back and take a
some wildflowers—the options are endless!
look at the sky...from the clouds to the stars, you can learn something new every day!
BUILD A FORT What do branches,
fort!
Frisbee or Football and get some friends together for an awesome game of pick-up!
#8 GET GARDENING There’s nothing
more rad when you’re on some wheels!
#5 rocks & tarps have in common?
#7 PLAN A PICK-UP GAME Grab that
They are all the makings of an EPIC
#10 EXPLORE! The world is waiting for
YOU to come explore it. Now get outside and play!
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