The Morning Lie
They say morning exercise drives away sorrow and worry. I’ve done enough dawn runs to know the only thing it drives away is sleep. Your mood stays where it was. Your legs get tired. Your mind doesn’t change. There’s something almost beautiful about fitness culture’s delusion—the motivational videos, the promise that your problems are one workout away from solved. They’re not. By noon you’re back to being whoever you were, just sore and minus two hours of sleep.