Thursday 20th 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 pledged 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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Probably going to walk again right now, so that I can get my exercise in, but I would like to run soon, been having this weird feverish thing passing.  Regardless I would like to go to the gym tomorrow.

Walked thirty minutes.

To do's

Noon - 1:30 pm

test speakers

Email Eric

Update ESL database

LI for ESL

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 - Skype meeting

2:30 - 4:00 - Go to work to check schedule

4:00 - 5:00 - Make phone calls and email Geoff

5:00 - 7:00 - send resume to WCC and other outstanding jobs

7:00 - 7:30 - dinner

7:30 - 9 - ESL contacts inc. LI

9 - 10 - Go for walk

10 - 12 - wash clothes for tomorrow + hand wash, do dishes. pack for tomorrow

I thought I had a nice calm paperwork afternoon, but now i'm feeling overwhelmed again.  Lets see how much of this I can get done.

• reply to M
• print B's typing
• B's in-tray
• print J's typing 
• G reports
• ask IT about 3di
• HM - notes and phone call
• check fro replies re complaint
• in-tray
• SEN reports

H.

Thursdays are invariably the day when i get up late, get into the shower late, and just AM late. I have a late-night on a weds which I do not want to give up (social time with friends after a weekly activity) but it means I get in well after midnight, and the next day I am generally not good for much even if I manage to get the same amount of sleep.

Anyway, we must continue regardless. We can suceed in the face of distraction.

Today I have already: 

• Had breakfast
• Had a shower
• Put some washing on

get up 04:30
continue inventory kitchen cupboard: middle shelf
5 pages textbook D in train to work (got stuck in some complicated topic)
look up the topic I got stuck in
workday
5 pages textbook D in train from work (read more, so I covered 10 pages today)
try to catch landlord about rental agreement (met him, he has no time today and said he'd contact me again when he has, which suits me fine)
correct A.'s tranlation
finish inventory kitchen cupboard: middle shelf
start inventory kitchen cupboard: lower shelf

Oops - I had this titled "Friday ToDos" all Thursday long...

Thank you for your lovely message, dear jalla, and for the affirmative message in the thread starter .

7.30 cafe with D

delivery to T?

9-12 ash w poms - brainstorm

eat healthy meal

1.30 to 3 prov w project

walk to town - trousers, backpack, socks

Eum .. Muesli

5 St D? Perhaps  half hour

6.30 food van or Avalon?

Home

relax

check in

bed by 11 

HONOUR T'S WORK

HONOUR MY OPPORTUNITIES

DID WELL

 Worked on collating. 

COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

Couldn't write. In a state of indecision again. Keep calm, ride it out  

look after arm better. 

GRATEFUL FOR  

T for secretly paying for coffee.

jalla for starting this thread

D for patience and ingenuity 

the spectra, specifically and the gift of MONA generally