10/20/2026
You've been tolerating things you shouldn't have to tolerate.
The back that stiffens every morning. The knees that protest stairs. The fatigue that settles in by 2pm. The shoulder that won't cooperate.
You've categorized these as the price of the years. You've stopped expecting better.
That's the quiet tragedy of deconditioning — it's gradual enough that you build your life smaller around the things that hurt.
Most of what you're living with is reversible. Your body isn't done with you.