Sure, movie night is fun and relaxing, but there are seven days in every week. It's time to spend one of them doing something that doesn't involve a remote control and popcorn. Find a sports team, learn to play an instrument, or embrace the great outdoors. Commit to get up, get out, and get going!
"Today the good:
20 mile run
Foam rolled in the morning
Applied the stick in the evening
Took beet elite powder for recovery
No dairy, no gluten
6 hours of sleep
The bad:
Consuming gu during run triggered sugar binge
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"Yesterday I completed:
13.1 mile run in Nike Vaporfly 4%
Foam roll in the morning
Applying the Stick in the evening
6 hours of sleep
Gluten and Dairy free
No added sugar
Today:
Foam roll in the morning
Rumble roller in the evening
40 minutes easy on treadmill
15-20 minutes of sauna
8 hours of sleep
Gluten free
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"This week has been a little bit better as far as making better times. I'm still averaging a 5 minute and 50 second mile for the week. It's getting slightly easier, but still a long way to go!"
"Completed today:
Track workout with the LARC running group. 2 x 400 warmup, 4 x 400 @ 5k pace, 20 minutes at 7:10 pace, 20 minutes at 6:50 pace.
Avoided processed sugar, gluten, and dairy
Drank green smoothie containing spinach, bananas, blueberries, wheatgrass powder, beet, and cordyceps powder
Foam rolled in the morning
Intermittent fasted for 15 hours
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"I am halfway through my first book If You Tell by Gregg Olsen. It's hard not to put it down but I can only devote 45 minutes and still manage my overcrowded life. In addition to reading for pleasure, I also found a way to close out all the noise in my world for that time too since my family is cooperating with this assignment and giving me the peace to complete it."
"I will read for pleasure for 45 minutes each night every week for the next ten weeks.
This goal is important to me because I used to have free time to devote to my many hobbies, one of which is reading, but now my days seem too full to indulge myself in anyway.
Upon accomplishing this goal my life will be better because by reading for 45 minutes I will not only relieve stress by relaxing but also prove to myself I can find me time and that's very important.
My supporters can help me achieve this goal by asking about what I'm currently reading or sharing some of their favorite genres.
At the end of ten weeks I will celebrate my success in achieving this goal by finally joining the local book club because I will have successfully carved out the free time to read more."
"Creating new habits is tough work. I just completed 42 days of reporting to stickK on my commitment to planning and scheduling and now I've started some new commitments: meditating, publishing an article 1x/wk and making videos."
"So, I've already completed this for today. I uploaded the video to stickK but it hasn't been approved yet. The challenge comes tomorrow as I have school and then a meeting. The real challenge comes Friday when I have school, a meeting and work and lots in between. I'll have to get creative and do it on the go without a traditional set up."
"Completed yesterday:
9 mile foundation run.
Consumed no gluten
Intermittent fasted for 16 hours
Ordered Rumbleroller to aid sore muscles recover
Ordered beetelite powder to help with recovery
Massaged calves with The Stick before bed
6.5 hours of sleep - woke up naturally"
"I still need to finish The Four Agreements AND start my February book... I am thinking I should aim to have a book on the Overdrive app so I can have it whereever I go."
"Just began writing, TIme to push through. You know writing is tough, I feel like Everytime I sit down I have to start over to get back into the story. Guess that's just how it is! "
"2/10/20 - This story was 137 words, written in a few minutes. But it’s complete. A metaphorical fairy tale that cuts to the heart of the story I want to write. About two monsters that team up to fell the would-be heroes out to slay them, two monsters who are really only monsters of potential. They forge a friendship out of a need to survive in a world that fears their power and difference, and wants to either control or destroy them."
"I have spent the past 7 days listening to the Beatles non-stop and using their music as a jumping off point to develop new ideas for songs. So far, I haven't any finished songs but I have a mixture of riffs, recordings on my phone, sheets of lyrics and loose ideas for about 6 songs.
I have it all stored in a Google Drive folder so I can access it anywhere. I have informed several friends and musicians who have offered me support and assistance in recording songs when the time comes.
Next week I have a short break away to Scotland but I will take my laptop and phone so I will still dedicate at least 30 mins a day to developing new song ideas.
Also this week I printed out a chart of chords used in the Beatles songbook and organised them by Key. So far this has proven very useful in creating unusual chord progressions and I look forward to delving deeper with this reference / songwriting aid."
