Tag: creative

Find a million ways isn’t theory

Body fat test
Yesterday the Golds Gym staff was offering free body fat tests.

 

And so it goes.

Was optimistic the calf pain would be nonexistent.

Two slow miles later, pain was enough to make walking the only intelligent choice.

What to do?

Rode a bicycle 25 miles round trip to the gym and back.

PS. Yes, well aware i’m about eight pounds over a healthier weight.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

Taking the risk of an unknown path

Frost on Orlando vehicle
Frost is rare near Walt Disney World.

 

Map My Run screen shot
yesterday’s run included taking the risk of an unknown path.

 

Waited until noon for the January chill to leave the air. It was noon when i took off in a tee shirt. It was 38 when i crawled out of bed seven hours earlier.

i found the shortcut i had always wondered about. It required, as i knew it would, off-road running to accomplish. The GPS only shows paved roads, not swamp.

Swamps are everywhere.

Swamps provide one option.

Turn around and go back.

With the gift of an open schedule, i ran, not worried about turning around.

This short cut to Disney University creates another running option.

Options are the cornerstone for saying motivated.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

Be flexible and go easy (but not too easy) on yourself

Closeup photo of a chain
Keynote slide i use in my speeches. Habits, good or bad, are literally unbreakable.

 

Be flexible and go easy (but not too easy) on yourself.

Thanksgiving Day and the day after we forgot to run three mailboxes a day.

How could we forget something so simple?

It happens sometimes.

So we made it up yesterday (Saturday) and today (hopefully).

We keep our pace ridiculously slow, by design, for now.

 

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Didn’t feel it yesterday

Disney traffic during Thanksgiving week
Yesterday from Pop Century to home.

 

Driving on Disney World property
Yesterday driving home.

 

Didn’t feel it yesterday.

Went out for an eight-mile run, which generally begins with a half-mile walk. Kept walking, for an hour. Just couldn’t get the juice to shift to running mode.

Hours later at the gym, backed off the normal routine and just did core.

The toll of tremendous creative effort – that has deadline and monetary pressure – can physically wear on a person.

 

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