Health & Not Screwing It Up Quotes

“Ridding yourself of what you don’t need doesn’t just stop with things. Material Items.
It’s also about ridding yourself of toxic people who are so bitter and negative in life
making you just want to jump off a bridge rather than listen to them talk. It’s hard
to tell satire when reading, but I hope you catch it at points like these. Wink wink.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“You are feeling great
until someone comes along and
criticizes your healthy choices. Jooooooy. This is where you need
to straighten your backbone and
get thick skin. There will always be
people that are bitter and to make
themselves feel better they got to
make other people choosing
smarter and more positive choices
feel so low of themselves”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Most people think that being healthy is just a physical thing to master but managing
stress(or not) can affect your health just as much as eating a crappy diet or not
staying limber.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Good things don’t come easy and anything free you have got to ponder the tiny
literature under the big words.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Listen to your body. If something hurts, go easy or stop. If it’s too easy, challenge yourself. If you are hungry, eat. Thirsty, drink. If you got to use the
toilet…..well you know what to do. You get the point.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“You don’t have to be a master researcher just use
common sense. Compare resources. Get all sides to the story. Trial and error. Test
this knowledge yourself. Etc Etc Etc.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“A man has his tools
to fix things, I have
my spices to do the
same. Though
adding turmeric to a
vehicle or ginger to
fix a broken door probably wouldn’t be a good idea, so don’t do that.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“I always tell people, “Do not just follow my lead, go out and learn for yourself what
will work for you.” What works for me you may need more or less of.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“You will not see results
overnight. If you do, you are doing it the unhealthy way and that way is never
sustainable”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“The biggest thing to
keep in mind is your motivation comes from YOU wanting to do it, not because
someone else wants you to do it”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Yes by talking to each other. Not texting, put that phone down, you. You
can learn a lot from other people discussing ideas, experiences, theories, etc. Even if you are socially awkward like myself.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“So we have these
devices, but most of us don’t use them to their full potential. Think about it. You
have all the world’s knowledge in your back pocket, but people spend most of their
time looking at how many likes they have on social media or cat videos.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“The basic thing with frugality is:
IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT, DON’T BUY IT.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Plus it gives a peace of
mind having an open, clear space. I can’t stand a room in disarray. It drives me into
absolute utter insanity. Maybe not that dramatic, but I don’t like it.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Yes, food and technology
can be addicting too.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Ahhh yes when you want to explore your more hedonistic part of the brain, well this
part of the book will tell you to tell your brain to SHHHHH! Right now, just do it. Your
brain says, “I want fast food” SHHHHHH! “I want to buy stuff I don’t need” SHHHH! “I
want to sit on the couch, drink pepsi and watch Jerry Springer all day” SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s not that hard to do, but so many people refuse to do
that. We are supposed to be an advanced species, us humans, but somehow it’s so
hard to tell our brain to just SHHH!”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“After some time of moving around, your brain gets reprogrammed
to actually enjoy it and want to do it more often. Same goes with your taste buds
when switching from a BAM IN YOUR FACE type of diet such as the Standard
American Diet to a more natural diet.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Knowledge is power. Wisdom is gained through applying that
knowledge. So go get it!”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“If you want a
healthy, nutrient dense, poor man’s diet you can’t go wrong with whole grains and
legumes.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Have you ever wondered to yourself, “How did my body and health end up on the
wrong side of the garbage can?” Don’t lie, you know you have thought some
variation of that question. Have you also wondered, “I wonder what the solution is
to get out of this trash situation and close the lid on that stink for good?”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Another way to handle these
difficult folk(and this is my
favorite) is to laugh it off. Even
if you are so angry inside,
laugh. It will be effective. It
will help you feel better and it
shows the opposition that
they’re not affecting you at all. You are displaying confidence, happiness and strength. Something a lot of these types
of people wish they had but
are too lazy to obtain. Just
remember all the progress you have obtained in your journey and where you see
yourself going. Nobody else is going to get that for you, so stay focused.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Educate Yourself, Make Mistakes, Learn
and Apply It(that’s where wisdom comes from
not age silly.)”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Only buy what you need. Think function not fashion”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Be honest, you got a big TV because
something somewhere outside of your head told you to get that, right? It may
have been your smaller size TV.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“And you thought exercise or eating healthy was tough, wait til you have to sit still
and not think. Ahhhh, the real challenge begins. Yes I am nodding slowly. If….you…can’t..tell… Of course you can’t tell through typed words. Who am I
kidding.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“I can’t sit for
long periods of time, so to compensate, I hula hoop. I read and hula hoop. Research
and hula hoop. Talk and hula hoop. You get the picture.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Even if your whole neighborhood wants to put
you down because you chose to do better and they didn’t, who cares. It’s your
life, your health, your happiness, not theirs.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“I only plant seeds,
it’s up to you to nurture them and let them grow.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“In most situations of confrontation, it’s
best to just walk away or change the subject respectively. Especially when you know
that person is super stubborn and won’t budge. It honestly would be better
discussing your lifestyle changes with a mule.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up

“Remember to not just rely on one source. Combine all sides of the
equation so you can go to sleep with this info and wake up saying, “Yeah, this stuff
right here, that’s good stuff.” Why I am thinking of a New England accent typing
this I have no clue, but I thought I’d add in this useless detail.”
― Harken Headers, Health & Not Screwing It Up