Crunching the Numbers

Hi. My name is Rob. I'm 6ft. tall and 235lbs. I'm 37 years old. I've lived in Gainesville off and on for 19 years. I have 10 fingers and 10 toes. What am I getting at? Numbers. Digits. Numeric representations of who we are and what makes us tick. Sitting in a football stadium with 90,000 people makes me tick. Bowling a 200 game makes me tick. Turning 38...ticks me off. The funny thing is that people use numbers to represent themselves everyday, but subliminally we round up and down. I do it and so do you so quit lying to yourself. For example, ever notice that there are no 5' 5" people walking the earth? You are either 5' 4" (petite) or 5' 6" (average), no in betweens. Your salary is always rounded up. Weight is always rounded down. Shoe size for women - down, men - up. Any to do with exercise - up. Anything to do with drinking beer - up. Age? I think you know that one. The younger you feel, the older number you want to be, but the older you feel, the younger number is your goal. I don't know about you, but I'm going to go run 13 miles (in my size 12 shoe), do 234 pushups and drink a dozen beers. That's all my 6' 2", 210lb, 35 year old body can take.