169. Why Deferring Health Costs You More Than Money

2025-04-22

Waiting until pain gets worse guarantees it’ll cost you more time, more money, and more of the life you want to live. This episode starts with a conversation about amortization in commercial real estate, but quickly shifts to something more personal: the way we treat our own pain. Dr. Andrew Fix shares how this financial concept mirrors the way many people delay dealing with physical discomfort. Why do we wait until pain becomes unbearable before we act? And what does that delay actually cost us? Drawing from his own experience with a chronic Achilles issue, Dr. Fix...

Waiting until pain gets worse guarantees it’ll cost you more time, more money, and more of the life you want to live.

This episode starts with a conversation about amortization in commercial real estate, but quickly shifts to something more personal: the way we treat our own pain. Dr. Andrew Fix shares how this financial concept mirrors the way many people delay dealing with physical discomfort. Why do we wait until pain becomes unbearable before we act? And what does that delay actually cost us?

Drawing from his own experience with a chronic Achilles issue, Dr. Fix walks through the consequences of postponing care. Small problems become harder to solve. The investment required, whether time, money, or energy, only grows.

You can’t spread out your pain like a loan. And you can’t ignore it forever. So the question becomes: are you willing to invest in your health now, or are you prepared to pay more for it later?

Quotes

“The longer we wait to deal with something that is physically bothering us, typically the harder it is, the longer it takes, the more expensive it is to deal with then.” (03:56 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“Had I just addressed this seriously from the get-go, and not treated it like it wasn’t that important, oh my gosh, life would have been much better.” (06:49 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“If you can just take the small things seriously, they don’t have to turn into big things.” (07:06 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“You cannot amortize your health.” (07:16 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“You will either choose to invest in your health and wellness or you’ll be forced to pay for your sickness and your disease or your injuries later.” (07:39 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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