In Kate Braid's compare and contrast essay, "A Plea for the Physical," two types of people are introduced: The physical, and the sedentary. Between these two contrasting personalities, I, as a teenager, can agree that being lazy is what my generation is the best at. I like to do things that takes less time, effort, and complicated. For example, I would rather take a bus to school than ride a bike even though its a fair distance and biked there before because bus is faster and only requires minimal energy compared to biking.Though I biked to anywhere within U.B.C. even few months ago, now that I moved about a kilometre away, I realized waking up in the morning to bike to school is just not something that I am committed to do. I mean, I can use few minutes of more sleeping and save some energy for later. Though I do realize that biking keeps me fit, is friendly to the environment, saves money (no need to buy bus passes), and is reliable unlike bus schedule which does not seem very accurate. In fact, I was determined to bike to school before the school term started. However, when the school started, I just could not do that. Maybe I was lazy, maybe I was too tired, or maybe, I'm not a physical person. Nevertheless, I am involved with many sports, such as soccer, swimming, tennis, and badminton. For 5 days every week, I do sports. Though I am more or less obligated to do those sports because I takes lessons, I do some of them for fun. Usually, what I have to decide is if I should play games, or do something else. For example, after swimming lesson, I can use the gym in the basement for free. However, I would just come home right after swimming because I wanted to come home quick and do more fun activities. If I had to choose between a sweaty workout and using the computer, I have the tendency to choose computer over a workout because computer games are way more fun, and exercising takes just too much energy and time. So! It seems like I am the "sedentary." My question is, is that a good thing? Well, I believe that being a sedentary person does not necessarily mean being lazy. In addition, keeping a fine balance between physical and sedentary sides is the ideal aim for anyone because both has certain benefits and both sides fills up the hole of each others' loopholes.
