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This week's overarching theme is overcoming resistance from my lizard brain, which doesn't like to be uncomfortable, and taking the long view. It was hard to get up a few days this week--my body definitely wants to hibernate for the winter.  But, I'm enough of a data geek for the spreadsheet tracking to motivate me. I have to keep filling in those cells! The wake-up calls--crickets from my phone so as not to wake up David--has been effective most days.



There are some areas I need to…

This is what I have done

• 1,750 push-ups
• 1,750 sit-ups
  
  
• 35 acts of kindness
• 15 miles of running or biking
  
  
• read two books
• 45…

2 weeks down, 50 or so to go!

So far so good. I'm keeping up with my lunch time workouts and I continue to be "motivated" (read taunted or teased) by my cell mates at work. The white board in my cubicle is a special little alert to my neighbor who apparently doesn't like odd numbers. Every now and then I have to do 10 push-ups or sit-ups just to make the white board full of even numbers. Ha.

I think I've started up a little running group at work, too. Have 4 or 5 people a day…

End of week 2, first full week. Well it hasn’t been so bad. I think it’s going rather well actually. So far I’ve kept up with the push-ups, crunches, squats and miles. I’m a little behind on my kata, but only by a pinch. I expect to be caught up this week. Finals are over. That was the hardest part of maintaining the schedule last week, trying to squeeze in running and exercise while also keeping up with my studying. It’s amazing to know that I’m actually keeping with the program. This is…

Lisa Spagnolo's journal mirrors my own thoughts. It was aptly titled "Repetition and the New Normal." My own life is restructuring. There is a new 'normal.' Its not just the UBBT requirements.

Financial ventures are new and more satisfying than before. I've wanted to nanny for a long time. Two families have recently presented the opportunity. Its developing deeper patience, greater understanding, inspiring laughter and meeting the bills. What could be…

Over the course of my working life as a manager, I have occasionally heard the question "when are we getting back to normal?" The answer is usually "this is the new normal." Time passes, and whatever change that was met with resistance is often incorporated into routine--until the next changes come, and they come fast these days.



It goes without saying that I'm applying the "new normal" to the first couple weeks…

Why do we breathe in through the…

Week 1

So, it's not really been a week yet, but I'm a the Monday - Sunday week kinda' gal, so...

This week felt good. I'm able to get a lot in during my hour lunch break which is pretty lucky. I slip away from my desk right at 12 and am out the door for my run by 12:05. I get a 5k (3.2 miles) in and am in the company gym by about 12:35. Then I race through my crunchies in sets of 25, and struggle through as many push-ups as I have time for. Usually that's between 75…

My Statement of Intent

Over the next 13 months I will:

• Complete 50,000 push-ups and 50,000 sit-ups
• Complete a 1,200 mile journey by swim/bike/run/walk
• Complete 1,000 repetitions of my basics/kata
• Complet 1,000 acts of kindness
• Complete a community service project
• Meditate for 15 minutes a day
• Read 6 books
• Complete 1 personal goal: 10k in less than 50 minutes

I look forward…

Well, its the end of week 1. It went by faster than I thought it would, of course it wasn't a full week so that might have added to it. I have decided that I don't completely hate running, or getting up early. It fills me with a sense of accomplishment when I get up early in the morning and go out and run. Like I'm starting off my day the right way. It will be nice when finals are done and I can try to find a more interesting place to run. At the moment im just running around my block, but…