Fitness is important. Here at eLearners we often talk about distance education, online degrees, and educational opportunities available to all via the internet. Obviously, in a round about way, we're all talking about a form of fitness. In this case, we're talking about mental fitness or educational fitness. Degrees are important. They're certainly important in the corporate culture where I work. They're not the end all and be all, but people care about degrees. But more important than the piece of paper is what you get out of the process of earning that degree.

Educational fitness.

But now I'm going to talk about physical fitness. As of today, I stepped on the scale and have found that, through diet and a little bit of exercise, I have managed to lose 23 pounds over the past months.

Physical fitness.

Hey, I've got a long way to go. When I started this diet thing, I weighed in at 302 pounds. That's nowhere near the most I've ever weighed, because at one point in my life years back, I was a very hefty 360 pounds. Then, I worked hard and lost 125 pounds and got down to a much sleeker 235. I'm a big guy with very broad shoulders, so at 235 I looked pretty darn good (if I do say so myself). So when I got back over 300 pounds again, that was a wake up call for me. I looked down at that scale and saw "302" and decided right then and there that enough was enough.

No more 300. Never again.

Physical fitness is important for educational fitness as well. You need good nutrition, good energy, good health in order to study effectively. You need good physical health in order to put forth the amount of effort it takes to maintain a "regular" life and then to maintain the "other" life that is your educational pursuits.

Don't sell your educational fitness short by ignoring or neglecting your physical fitness.