Day 12 & 13 (Wed & Thur) Preparations for a major event at work took up most of the day. D-Day on Thursday. The event went off well. Spent most of the evening walking (& running) around on 2" wedged heels. I am surprised that my knees did not give much trouble. Even could manage a bit of dancing. Reached home slightly after midnight.
Day 14 - Friday The morning after - again woke up tired & later than usual. So, how do I get back to training? I didn't. Spent the balance of the morning, uploading previous
nite's photos to the office blog & replying to emails & chatting. Took a long walk down to the nearby mall (and
Pasarmalam - night market) but it was rained out. Got back, exhausted & drenched (even with an umbrella).
Day 15 - Saturday
Once again, my plan to resume training was stalled. 'Spring-clearing' is the term I coined to denote collecting, sorting & packing things to be collected by the charity van. But mom (almost 79 years old) did most of it, over the past week. I really admire her spunk & energy. Once she sets her mind to it, she will do it wholeheartedly. A good thing, to keep active. But knowing your limit is paramount to avoid over strain. Luckily, the van came at 5pm & cleared all. Mom then took a nap to rest. Now it's the cleaning up & re-arranging & relocating. We always joked that with all the furniture & memorabilia that we have collected over the decades; we are playing chess as we are constantly moving the 'pieces' around to makes our living space more spacious. However, even with loads of items given away, it makes only a slight dent.
TRAINING
In terms of exercise, there was some load bearing (carrying old magazines & such) and stepper (walking up & down 3 flights of stairs >5 times), ..ha ha
MIND
As you have noticed that the tendency to slack off on training begins subtly with a lot of 'haveother things to do', then more 'can do it later' and followed by 'don't feel like doing'.
This reminds me of what Nathan S. Collier wrote in his post : http://www.nscblog.com/?p=218
" There are no undisciplined people, only unmotivated people. We have NO problem getting ourselves to do what we WANT to do. It is getting ourselves to do what we don’t want to do that is the challenge.
So here’s an idea: Instead of spending all that time and energy trying to get yourself to do what you don’t want to do (and spending more time and energy beating yourself up if you don’t succeed), why not expend that time and energy trying to get yourself to WANT to do whatever it is that you think you should be doing but aren’t?
Focus on removing restraining forces (emotional resistance) rather than increasing driving forces (discipline). "
He then gives 4 practical steps, how go about it!
Another quote:
It’s so hard when I HAVE to,
and so easy when I WANT to.
~ Sondra Anice Barnes
Preparations for a major event at work took up most of the day. D-Day on Thursday. The event went off well. Spent most of the evening walking (& running) around on 2" wedged heels. I am surprised that my knees did not give much trouble. Even could manage a bit of dancing. Reached home slightly after midnight.
Day 14 - Friday
The morning after - again woke up tired & later than usual. So, how do I get back to training? I didn't. Spent the balance of the morning, uploading previous nite's photos to the office blog & replying to emails & chatting. Took a long walk down to the nearby mall (and Pasarmalam - night market) but it was rained out. Got back, exhausted & drenched (even with an umbrella).
Day 15 - Saturday
Once again, my plan to resume training was stalled. 'Spring-clearing' is the term I coined to denote collecting, sorting & packing things to be collected by the charity van. But mom (almost 79 years old) did most of it, over the past week. I really admire her spunk & energy. Once she sets her mind to it, she will do it wholeheartedly. A good thing, to keep active. But knowing your limit is paramount to avoid over strain. Luckily, the van came at 5pm & cleared all. Mom then took a nap to rest. Now it's the cleaning up & re-arranging & relocating. We always joked that with all the furniture & memorabilia that we have collected over the decades; we are playing chess as we are constantly moving the 'pieces' around to makes our living space more spacious. However, even with loads of items given away, it makes only a slight dent.
TRAINING
In terms of exercise, there was some load bearing (carrying old magazines & such) and stepper (walking up & down 3 flights of stairs >5 times), ..ha ha
MIND
As you have noticed that the tendency to slack off on training begins subtly with a lot of 'haveother things to do', then more 'can do it later' and followed by 'don't feel like doing'.
This reminds me of what Nathan S. Collier wrote in his post : http://www.nscblog.com/?p=218
" There are no undisciplined people, only unmotivated people. We have NO problem getting ourselves to do what we WANT to do. It is getting ourselves to do what we don’t want to do that is the challenge.
So here’s an idea: Instead of spending all that time and energy trying to get yourself to do what you don’t want to do (and spending more time and energy beating yourself up if you don’t succeed), why not expend that time and energy trying to get yourself to WANT to do whatever it is that you think you should be doing but aren’t?
Focus on removing restraining forces (emotional resistance) rather than increasing driving forces (discipline). "
He then gives 4 practical steps, how go about it!
Another quote:
It’s so hard when I HAVE to,
and so easy when I WANT to.
~ Sondra Anice Barnes