{"id":2146,"date":"2026-03-23T18:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:44:08","slug":"understanding-what-health-really-means-is-pretty-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/?p=2146","title":{"rendered":"Understanding what \u201chealth\u201d really means is pretty tough."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lazy-aging is one of the methods for gaining health, even if it sounds like a lot of fancy talk. So first, I think we need to define what \u201chealth\u201d actually means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WHO (World Health Organization) says: \u201cHealth is not simply the absence of disease or weakness. It is a state where you are fully satisfied physically, mentally, and socially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare follows this definition too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I agree with the basic idea, but I feel it\u2019s spreading the blanket a bit too wide. Especially the \u201csocial\u201d part \u2014 there are many things in society that individuals can\u2019t control by themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complete opposite of health \u2014 \u201cdeath\u201d \u2014 is very clear and the same for everyone. On the other hand, health is different for each person. It\u2019s also relative even for the same person at different times. Sometimes you\u2019re not even sure whether you\u2019re healthy right now or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pet_fat_cat-113x128.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pet_fat_cat-113x128.png 113w, https:\/\/bacura.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pet_fat_cat-451x512.png 451w, https:\/\/bacura.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pet_fat_cat.png 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes it even harder is that you usually only notice health after you\u2019ve lost it. You experience it unconsciously when it\u2019s there, and only feel it when it\u2019s gone. That\u2019s a tough specification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of all this, I feel it\u2019s quite difficult to strictly define \u201cthis state = healthy\u201d and \u201cotherwise = unhealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A simple definition like \u201cIf you don\u2019t have a disease, you\u2019re healthy!\u201d is possible, but that can make you careless and slow to act. It also leaves out people who are living with some illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the beginning I said Lazy-aging is a kind of health method. However, its main focus is \u201ctrying not to age as much as possible.\u201d Whether you currently have a disease or not is actually not directly related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for now, in the context of Lazy-aging, let\u2019s define <strong>health<\/strong> as \u201ca state where you can still aim for better health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Broad definition<\/strong>: You are healthy if you can control yourself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Narrow definition<\/strong>: You are healthy if your purpose (what you want), your thinking (the method), and your actions (the result) are all consistent with each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you feel you\u2019re outside this definition, then stop playing around with Lazy-aging and go get help from a real professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lazy-aging is one of the methods for gaining health, even if it sounds like a lot of fancy talk. So first, I t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lazy-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/2169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacura.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}