Today, and every day
I got up at 7.45 and put on my running gear. This is my fourth day of straight running and I know I am getting into the habit again. I am desperate to retain it for the coming year, I love running. I love how it makes me feel, I love listening to the birds as I run, I love watching how the colours change and shift through the seasons, I love how fit I feel. I never run very far anymore and very quickly, but there is something about getting up and going, first thing in the morning, which is just THE BEST.
This is really embarrassing, but also true. Whenever I have not run for several weeks, it gets hard to start again because of having to put on my running gear. Well actually, not putting it on but taking it off. My running top is a jogging bra - well, it is - and after you get very sweaty it does end up getting quite hard to get out of - if I have become slightly larger. The first few times are THE WORST, but after I get over it, after in fact four or fives runs, miraculously, or perhaps not, it starts to come off more easily. I know this is rather stupid and chicken and eggy, but it is the truth. The reason why I don't get running, the BIGGEST REASON is because of getting out of my jogging bra. So, there.
I have also been doing sit ups and stretches. It is very annoying and hell on Earth. I have made several false starts to doing this on a regular basis, but have never really gone past a week and a half. As a consequence, I have not done more than 30 sit ups at a go. I know this may sound idiotic since there are many of my friends who can't even do two, but really, I want to be the person who can do 70 sit ups at a go. Because why? Because having good core muscles are essential to everything else in your body. Your organs staying in the right place, your posture and therefore back strength, thereby diminishing back problems. Back problems, as we know are the source of a whole plethora of other problems - digestion, walking, sleeping, etc. Core muscles are vital to this.
Finally, I have realised that if you take care of your body, your spirit then takes care of itself. Spirituality flows from physical activity. This is because your spiritual body is able to incarnate when you are working. This is one of the reasons why meaningful work is critical to a person's health.
Anyhow, there is a lovely rhythm of running, painting and writing which I have fallen into. I watched all of Black Mirror last night. It is a great series. The pitfalls of tech give all of us something to think about. Ethics or thoughtfulness at the very least must be a critical component of technology. If we lose this and money or exploitation become the main indicators of success, the way it has, we are all in trouble, as the series suggests. Human beings are really awful people - really they are - and it would seem that for some reason, the role of evil scientist has now fallen to the coder and programmer.
So, this is my last post for this year. I didn't post an awful lot. Usually this is a sign that I am struggling with something and can't find the time. I am hoping that I will develop the discipline to do things to nourish myself over the next year, which includes posting and running - and more painting.
There is a full moon tonight. The moon is so beautiful. Even in this age of bedazzlement, nothing compares to her purity or serenity. Her blessed light, which reaches down to us, cold and inexplicable.
I have decided to lose 15 kgs over the next four months, which means 1 kg a week, which is very sensible and doable. I need to. I really do. And I know it is entirely possible. I just need to think of my best self and follow it. It is that easy and that hard.
This is really embarrassing, but also true. Whenever I have not run for several weeks, it gets hard to start again because of having to put on my running gear. Well actually, not putting it on but taking it off. My running top is a jogging bra - well, it is - and after you get very sweaty it does end up getting quite hard to get out of - if I have become slightly larger. The first few times are THE WORST, but after I get over it, after in fact four or fives runs, miraculously, or perhaps not, it starts to come off more easily. I know this is rather stupid and chicken and eggy, but it is the truth. The reason why I don't get running, the BIGGEST REASON is because of getting out of my jogging bra. So, there.
I have also been doing sit ups and stretches. It is very annoying and hell on Earth. I have made several false starts to doing this on a regular basis, but have never really gone past a week and a half. As a consequence, I have not done more than 30 sit ups at a go. I know this may sound idiotic since there are many of my friends who can't even do two, but really, I want to be the person who can do 70 sit ups at a go. Because why? Because having good core muscles are essential to everything else in your body. Your organs staying in the right place, your posture and therefore back strength, thereby diminishing back problems. Back problems, as we know are the source of a whole plethora of other problems - digestion, walking, sleeping, etc. Core muscles are vital to this.
Finally, I have realised that if you take care of your body, your spirit then takes care of itself. Spirituality flows from physical activity. This is because your spiritual body is able to incarnate when you are working. This is one of the reasons why meaningful work is critical to a person's health.
Anyhow, there is a lovely rhythm of running, painting and writing which I have fallen into. I watched all of Black Mirror last night. It is a great series. The pitfalls of tech give all of us something to think about. Ethics or thoughtfulness at the very least must be a critical component of technology. If we lose this and money or exploitation become the main indicators of success, the way it has, we are all in trouble, as the series suggests. Human beings are really awful people - really they are - and it would seem that for some reason, the role of evil scientist has now fallen to the coder and programmer.
So, this is my last post for this year. I didn't post an awful lot. Usually this is a sign that I am struggling with something and can't find the time. I am hoping that I will develop the discipline to do things to nourish myself over the next year, which includes posting and running - and more painting.
There is a full moon tonight. The moon is so beautiful. Even in this age of bedazzlement, nothing compares to her purity or serenity. Her blessed light, which reaches down to us, cold and inexplicable.
I have decided to lose 15 kgs over the next four months, which means 1 kg a week, which is very sensible and doable. I need to. I really do. And I know it is entirely possible. I just need to think of my best self and follow it. It is that easy and that hard.
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