Health · FORTUNE
Fortune #02
Good fortune
Long sitting does not require a major workout to address. Find a chance to stand or move that fits your work and physical limits.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“ชีวิตก็เหมือนกับการขี่จักรยาน เพื่อรักษาสมดุล คุณต้องเคลื่อนไหวอยู่เสมอ”
— อัลเบิร์ต ไอน์สไตน์
นักฟิสิกส์ทฤษฎี ผู้พัฒนาทฤษฎีสัมพัทธภาพและได้รับรางวัลโนเบล
- Person
- Albert Einstein
- Source work
- Letter to his son Eduard (5 February 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p. 367
- Source text
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
STORY & REFLECTION
A short walk between tasks
Guidance-based illustration · A short walk between tasks
Illustrative scene: An employee works at a screen until afternoon and notices that they have barely changed position.
They place water away from the desk and use a document errand for a gentle walk, without treating exhaustion as proof that movement counts.
The CDC recommends sitting less, moving more, and starting slowly before increasing activity. A useful starting level fits a person's abilities and circumstances. The guidance encourages finding an activity a person can actually return to and adjusting goals as their situation changes.
Small, repeatable movement may fit a workday better than a grand plan.
Reflection
Small movements add up.
A small action today
Stand, stretch, or walk briefly between tasks.
A question to reflect on
When during the day could you change position?