Feb. 20, 2026
Exercising Regularly (Tool #16 of 42)

The couch is calling, but staying planted keeps the power off in your internal house. Science shows exercise matches antidepressant medication for treating depression, with significantly lower relapse rates. It's your body's internal medicine cabinet. Billy shares his "committed but complicated" relationship with exercise, including vanishing from workouts for 100+ days, until his son-in-law said nine words that hit harder than any motivational poster: "That's what's good about you. You'll start again soon." Your only job today? Move for five minutes.


