Exercising when you can is better than making excuses and waiting.
We know this. I know it. You know it.
Doesn’t matter what we know.
Only matters what we do.
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Exercising when you can is better than making excuses and waiting
Tag: Creativity
Compromise is a great alternative to this
Compromise is a great alternative to this… quitting.
The end of a seven day stretch and only two runs. Thought yesterday would be a run day and headed out the door but just couldn’t get the gears going. Rather than turn around and come home, a walk began…
Through a nearby nature preserve and for 70 minutes. Stopping, starting, photos, thinking, enjoying. forgiving.
But not quitting.
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There is an emotional labor to the big things in our life
There is an emotional labor to the big things in our life. And it makes us physically tired. And we need to figure this out. Otherwise we will quit.
The pressure of a book deadline. The reality of having a teenager. Travel. Potential, looming war in Syria. Aging parents. Tragedy amongst friends.
Walked 50 minutes yesterday instead of running 30 minutes. Just did not feel like running (nor walking really). But I walked anyway. It was a decent compromise and I’ll take it.
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I Ran Into Mike
How was your day yesterday? Are you happy with your results, your determination, your creativity? We contemplated yesterday that slacking off might actually pay good dividends. Case in point.
Had a great run yesterday and ran into Mike. Mike looked to be in the 40-50 year range. Just by chance, we found ourselves engaged in conversation. “What motivates you to run?”, I asked, always curious.
He’s been running for 30 years. “For fun!”, he said.
Challenging that, I said there’s got to be something else, something deeper. Just doing it for fun, to me, would wear off after say 10 or 20 years. But 30 years, that’s amazing. Do you think you can stay with an exercise you like, for 30 years?
You Won’t Hear It From Me
My list of pathetic excuses?
Sure, it’s a long list.
Just like yours.
Lists can be good.
Lists can be bad.
Shed.
Shed your list of pathetic excuses.
It’s the only antidote for mediocrity.