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Christmas Eve 2015

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It’s weird to look back on the journey that is now into it’s eighth year. It was supposed to be impossible.

 

Christmas Eve 2015.

No run today because it’s Thursday.

i run M, W, F.

Yet it will feel like we will be running all day as we celebrate Christmas this morning, finish some chores, fly to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and then drive to my Mom’s house for Christmas day tomorrow.

 

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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. 

 

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One mailbox a day update after six weeks

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After six weeks, this is our current daily run distance.

 

We began on Halloween 2015, six weeks ago. Run one mailbox a day for a week. Each week, add another mailbox (100 meters).

We are only at five mailboxes because in week two, we kept the distance at one mailbox (100 meters).

It’s interesting to watch how two, three, and four mailboxes no longer seem like a big deal. Each time we add a mailbox, we are running farther than he’s ever run in his life. Each new distance becomes a big deal – literally groundbreaking.

And then it becomes no big deal in a week or two.

 

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We started running yesterday, pretty scary

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Yesterday, Halloween, my son and i began jogging. We went from our mailbox to our neighbor’s mailbox.

 

At 15, and as a High School freshman, our son is seeing things that didn’t concern him before. It’s generally considered a rite of passage that teens start seeing a bigger picture as they mature.

Roughly 75% of his High School participate in sports.

Athletics are a great way to get involved. And a great way to learn how to start taking care of the temple that houses everything keeping us alive.

Our pace was (intentionally) slower than walking, by the way.

 

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What do we invest in that won’t bear fruit for 15 years?

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Dear Son, it’s evident you’ve begun your revelation into understanding the importance of a healthy body. Your motives for exercising will ebb and flow over time. Eventually your motive will simply be to remain healthy and active.

And you will get to this place when you fully understand that being as healthy as you can be is directly linked to personal integrity, gratitude, and happiness.

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To cap off those glorious 36 hours, the talk of a lifetime before driving

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Dined here more than all other Disney World restaurants combined

 

A huge benefit to living balanced is the ability to prioritize fairly easily and intuitively. Meaning if something feels off balance, even just a little, we can spend our energy getting back into synch.

Family time or exercise?

Both, even with extremely limited time.

Windermere 5k one morning, gym afterwards, dinner together at Epcot later, a serious father/son talk, and five mile run yesterday.

To cap off those glorious 36 hours, the talk of a lifetime before driving to the airport yesterday afternoon.

The harder we work, the luckier we get.

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