We've all done it: started a new project or picked up a new hobby or past-time and made grand plans to make it part of our lives, and yet a few weeks down the track it's been abandoned like an old onion bagel. What is it, exactly, that makes it so hard for us to stick at something, particularly when you know that that 'something' is good for you, like running or stopping drinking alone on Tuesdays?
And now I've just gotten back from a run. On this run I started out and my feet were heavy, my muscles tight, my breath came ragged. I persevered, and though my body was hurting the sorest part of my running experience was my mind. It bitched and griped and asked me all sorts of … Continue reading Update:
Hey! So I know I said I was going to post the Cosmo month stuff - but this month I have a couple of limitations which is why I'm not doing it. Living Cosmo, that is.I'm still recovering from a period of unemployment/minimal employment that left me pretty poor. So I figure I'll do Cosmo … Continue reading Crapola
I got up this morning and went for a run as part of my new 'come on and get fit for fuck's sake' program. I set out against the cold and smattering of rain and duly trudged and alternatively galloped around the Princes Park circuit. Along the way I passed the standard bevy of other … Continue reading The Very Kindness of Strangers
I woke up early today. Frightfully so, as I cunningly set my countdown timer - not my alarm (and that's the trick, friends) - to go off exactly 8 hours and 6 minutes from the time I switched off my light. This clever set up allows the user 6 minutes in which to fall asleep … Continue reading the morning is for yawning
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