I've not been exercising the last 3 days, but I have been working my brain and my diet for the most part. That changes again tomorrow.
The best part? I'm not mad at myself. I've accepted that I was super busy and visited my brother.
You know what that means? Come tomorrow, I'm just going to start up again and everything will be back to normal.
P.s. - If you aren't feeling awesome, you should. You're reading this. Which means you're one of the few people who do. And that instantly makes you awesome to me.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Sarcasm
You know what I extremely dislike? We have this English language. And its the best thing we have at communicating with each other, even if its probably one of the worst mediums to actually communicate. But what I'm angry about, is that we can introduce this thing called sarcasm... where we take the words we are saying, and make it mean something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
"You're so awesome", said sarcastically, can be taken as "You aren't awesome!".
Etc., I won't go into that so much.
Here's where I stand.
I'm working really hard to abolish sarcasm from my reality. You know what? Sarcasm doesn't exist. No matter how much tone or attitude you put into saying something, I will only take it at face value. That goes for anything, sarcastic, or not.
So if you want me to get some sort of message from you, you better be saying exactly what you want me to know. Otherwise, I'm going to ignore your other message and just listen to the actual words.
BAM.
"You're so awesome", said sarcastically, can be taken as "You aren't awesome!".
Etc., I won't go into that so much.
Here's where I stand.
I'm working really hard to abolish sarcasm from my reality. You know what? Sarcasm doesn't exist. No matter how much tone or attitude you put into saying something, I will only take it at face value. That goes for anything, sarcastic, or not.
So if you want me to get some sort of message from you, you better be saying exactly what you want me to know. Otherwise, I'm going to ignore your other message and just listen to the actual words.
BAM.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Starting my workouts
My goal is to get to 100% in my workouts. Problem is, my 100% isn't that great. It really deters me sometimes. But, I've decided on a new mentality!
My problem is starting. To the point where I won't even start to do stuff. But, here goes my new thinking. Putting in 1% of effort into something is infinitely times more than putting in 0% effort. Its basically me telling myself, I will get absolutely NO results if I don't workout today. On top of that, even if I only put in 1% into my workout, then the next time I work out, it'll be that much easier.
That gets me started. And once I get started, I try hard to tell myself over and over that for every ounce more of effort I put in this time, next time will be even easier!!! Now, admittedly, I'm probably only giving 70% in my workouts. But its only been 3 days of my new workout high intensity routine and I'm sticking with it, and that's a lot more than I can say about my working out 2 months ago!
tl;dr... Just start! It gets easier as you go!
My problem is starting. To the point where I won't even start to do stuff. But, here goes my new thinking. Putting in 1% of effort into something is infinitely times more than putting in 0% effort. Its basically me telling myself, I will get absolutely NO results if I don't workout today. On top of that, even if I only put in 1% into my workout, then the next time I work out, it'll be that much easier.
That gets me started. And once I get started, I try hard to tell myself over and over that for every ounce more of effort I put in this time, next time will be even easier!!! Now, admittedly, I'm probably only giving 70% in my workouts. But its only been 3 days of my new workout high intensity routine and I'm sticking with it, and that's a lot more than I can say about my working out 2 months ago!
tl;dr... Just start! It gets easier as you go!
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Progress!
So, I was super discouraged this last week. After running and dieting and starting to work out these past 4 weeks, last week when I checked my weight I was up 7 pounds! To be honest, I did start drinking a lot of water and everyone was like "Blah, its water weight.". But it was still a bit discouraging. I stuck with it and kept it up!
And the rewards are finally starting to show! I checked my weight, and I'm down 5 pounds again. Only +2 from where I started! I'm going to attribute that to muscle weight!
So for those of you who aren't seeing any positive gains, stick with it! The fact that you are sticking with it will help keep you going until you do!
And the rewards are finally starting to show! I checked my weight, and I'm down 5 pounds again. Only +2 from where I started! I'm going to attribute that to muscle weight!
So for those of you who aren't seeing any positive gains, stick with it! The fact that you are sticking with it will help keep you going until you do!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Assumptions
Assumptions have gotten in quite a bit of trouble. I'd make silly assumptions about friends/people I'd be interacting with, and make a fool of myself. The only point I wanna make with this short post: I found its sooo much easier to ask someone a simple question instead of spending X amount of minutes doing something for someone and realizing it wasn't what I expected.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
"Slow down" v2.0
Quick update: I'm at sogen-con. Having a blast and enjoying the weekend off.
So, I've been told to "slow down", and I always thought that they meant to stop rushing. What I didn't think about what a different meaning. The long term vision of slowing down. I've been too focused on things in the near future and haven't put much thought into the direction of my life 5+ years down the road.
First run through this made me think of tailoring my days to aim for that longer goal. It helped a lot to realize that in 6 years I'll be thirty and still should have plenty of potential i can tap into.
So, I've been told to "slow down", and I always thought that they meant to stop rushing. What I didn't think about what a different meaning. The long term vision of slowing down. I've been too focused on things in the near future and haven't put much thought into the direction of my life 5+ years down the road.
First run through this made me think of tailoring my days to aim for that longer goal. It helped a lot to realize that in 6 years I'll be thirty and still should have plenty of potential i can tap into.
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