Saturday, 1st June 2013

Please do not leave advice or feedback.  Thank you.  Prayers welcome.

The commitment is thirty minutes of exercise before midnight of any of
the following format: running, jogging, a combination of
running-walking-jogging, swimming, walking, attending a fitness class
(something that requires me to leave the house), stationary biking,
biking, dance class, aerobic class, yoga, karate (or other martial
arts).  I am not requiring myself to wear the running clothes, but on days I have running in my schedule I would like to remind myself that by doing the running, I am moving forward, and that it is the only way to move forward in my schedule.  Also, everything is easier after I've already acclimated my body to do it once or n times.  I am doing
this because:

1. My main reason for continuing is that I want to move forward with my
   running/jogging plan.  I made some progress last week of running 2
   minutes, walking2 minutes, repeating that seven times, but I want to
   finish that week within a timely period and move on to running 2 minutes
   and walking 1 minute (times 10).  The ultimate goal is to be able to
   run/jog for 30 minutes.  I want to run a marathon at the end of this
   year or January of next.  (I have always wanted to run the Honolulu
   Marathon; I don't even know if this is something I can do, but I want to
   do it.)  I have year after year pledging to do a second marathon and
   have not, b/c I did not make headway on my running plan.
2. I feel that running or exercise will force me to own up to other
   commitments in my life, because challenges in the running sphere force
   me to have other commitments in my life met so that I can exercise
   unimpeded and feel good that my investment in myself is going somewhere.
3. I want to feel good about myself when I go outside, and
4. I don't trust myself to exercise at the end of the day or at some point
   before midnight unless I make the commitment here to do it.  
5. Being accountable to others by making a commitment here, helps me to be accountable to myself.
6. The objective is to stick to the running plan by doing at least one
   training unit per day of the 28-week running plan I came up with, which
   is a slower version of the eight-week Rodale run/walk plan.  
7. practicicing being on time with this commitment, will assist me in being on time in other areas.
8. It will also help me to practice willpower for other activities that require energy.
9. Exercise helps me to feel comfortable in what I am doing, b/c I am not
   constantly fidgeting at my desk or feeling like I SHOULD be
   running/swimming/walking or getting out in the sun or that I SHOULD have
   done those things last night.
10. Exericse helps me to avoid feelings of not  being adequate, because I
    have confidence in myself as a person interacting with others.
11. I want to build trust in myself by committing to something small that
    positively affects my whole life.  Since I'm making a promise here to do
    it, that's going to help me to keep my promise to myself so that I have
    faith in myself that at some point during the day I will exericse,
    instead of feeling like crap because I don't even trust myself to get to
    the gym or go on a walk.
12. Exercise makes everything tighter, which makes me feel more comfortable
    with myself and helps me to be able to live with myself.
13. I want to be able to wear the clothes in my closet, and throw out the ones that are not useful to me.

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Biked 6 minutes.

Had nearly a week off what with family emergency and keeling over afterwards, but now I'm going to get down to things again.

This is what I've got to do.

Contact:

• Financial advisor
• DOBs re convention
•  DOB enquirer
• Mary re Mundesley
•  Nancy re hat
•  Mo re hat 

Housework :

• Unpack and put away luggage - part
• Food shop
• 
  

 Hats

• Make box for Mo's 
• Adjust block for Wanda's 
• Finish trim for felt

Garden

• Hack back angelica

05:00
get up, morning routine
turn calendars
email: delete 25 old ones while searching some address in one of the mails

06:00
find H.'s address
look up train tickets

07:00
book train tickets, note down all information you might need later
online banking
continue inventory

08:00
file away/throw away some papers
continue inventory

09:00
dress properly (and rainproof, too :( )
leave for private coaching in time

10:00 - 13:30
give private coaching

13:30 - 15:00
grocery shopping
drive home
store away food
hang up rain clothing

15:00
mail B about train
research birthday present for A.

16:00
some more birthday present research (shouldn't have taken so long :( )
eat something

17:00
inventory some more

later:

inventory some more
reading up on rental agreement
get winter duvet from clothesline & store away