For a long time I could be found inside the house reading or watching a movie. Seldom would I venture outside and find some kind of activity to do there. But one day I signed up for an exercise class, because laying around the house was beginning to show on me, especially around the mid-section. Next thing I know, I was getting personal training and doing it outside.

I was hooked instantly. I had forgotten how good the fresh air was for my brain. My head cleared, and my thinking cleared with it. I felt brand new. It was amazing, the transformation that took place within me. I had been breathing that old stale air in the house for far too long. But no more. Now I was looking for even more things I could do outside.

I began to take walks from my house to town and back. I thought it might be fun and beneficial to take up golfing. So I walked to the book store and bought a the best golf instruction book I could find. Soon I was teeing off at one of the many golf courses around where I live. I had found a new life for myself, and it had been there waiting all along.

I was totally transformed, in just a few weeks, not only by how I felt, but by how I looked. I was becoming lean and mean, fit and trim. There were a few of the local ladies who made nice comments on my transformation. As a single man, this gave me even more incentive to work out. I attended every class, and was full of enthusiasm. And my scores improved continuously at golf.

As the months passed, I met a woman in my exercise class who I really hit it off with. She loved the outdoors as much as I did, and we were soon walking together and spending a lot of time with each other. And within a year of our meeting, I was sporting a new rhodium plated wedding ring. And she had one to match. All this because I finally got out of the house.

We are still happily married, and we both got our license for teaching exercise classes of our own. Thinking back on the old days of living the couch potato life, I just can hardly believe the difference. Life has never been so good for me, and I find myself being extremely glad that I chose to take action and do something about my boring life, and took it outside.

The outdoors is the best place for getting your head clear. Staying shut in will deprive you of the amounts of real oxygen you need, and keep you from getting the amount of exercise you need as well. My advice to anyone, is to schedule some outside activities every week, and do not let life slip up on you and find you have been inside all this time. It is just not healthy. And who knows, you may find your true love like me.