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Today's tip is to always have an athletic and a creative interest in your life.

Doing so will give you more energy and make life feel more rich.

So today's tip was inspired by a rule I have for my own five kids.

Past mid-elementary school or so, the children need to do something physical and something

musical.

You can do more, and they often do.

But as they create their activity portfolio, they need to do some sport or physical activity at all times.

And they need to play a musical instrument or sing in some sort of ensemble.

I figure that this rule will help them be well-rounded and build

their skills and stay healthy. This rule also just helps me as a management matter. With five kids,

it can be easy to lose sight of whether any individual child is appropriately active and social.

But as long as every kid is doing something physical and something musical,

then we should be good.

Anyway, as I was describing this household rule to someone, I had an epiphany.

This is a pretty good rule for adults, too. We should all do something physical just for general health and energy reasons. I understand not everyone is into music,

but if we broaden that part of the rule to doing something artistic or otherwise creative,

that seems like a reasonable goal, too.

We can all look at our lives in the portfolio of our leisure hours

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