Prime Directives

In writing this blog my objective is not to provide an endless series of vegan/Paleo/raw recipes and links to bodybuilding/Crossfit/high-intensity routines of the minute/day/month.  My objective is to provide useful fitness information to normal people, like dads and moms that want to squeeze some exercise into their busy lives.  This is the theme of, the focus of, the mandate for FITurday.  This is the prime directive.

The idea of a prime directive isn't mine.  RoboCop had three prime directives and a fourth [classified] directive.  His entire existence as law enforcement cyborg was guided by these three directives.  My life would be pretty straightforward if I could list only three principles by which it was structured.  But here are what I think could qualify as my prime directives.

1.  Be a compassionate, nuturing, loving dad, every day.
2.  Be a loving, reliable, and loyal husband and partner to my wife.
3.  Inspire, motivate, and teach my children to realize their dreams throughout their lives.

I don't think those would have fit neatly onto RoboCop's heads-up display, but they are about as succint as I could get them.  Ironically on a fitness blog post about prime directives, fitness isn't listed as one of my personal prime directives.  Why?

Because if fitness were prioritized that highly, it could prevent me from accomplishing my other directives.  I don't need to work out 20 hours a week, on top of working 40 hours a week.  Neither do you.  If you did, you be reading a different blog.

But fitness and a healthy, active lifestyle are implied in each of my directives.  Because without them, I wouldn't be able to execute on any of my directives.

If you were wondering, RoboCop's classified fourth directive was subversive programming, placed there to protect his crooked manufacturer: any attempt to arrest a senior Omni Consumer Products employee results in shutdown.  His fourth directive could prevent him from accomplishing his first three directives. 

My fourth [classified] directive: Eat maple bacon doughnuts.

Subversive indeed.

What are your prime directives?