First Post of a new life
I haven’t been around much in the last little while, and it is all about the same old story. Been too busy.
Well I am going to be starting with my New Years resolution early and get back on track, life, mind and body.
In the last couple of months I have let my body slip slightly and that I am going to remedy starting now. I will be documenting everything that I do and let you know what the results are like so that you can try it to. I will let you know what works for me and what didn’t work for me, and all of the tools and tricks that I used.
As for mind, it is cluttered, and I am implenting what I learned in GTD to ensure that I can get that clear and start living again.
And again with GTD I hope to be able to live the lifestyle that I want since I will have the time that I used to, to work on the projects that I want.
Weekend Reading - Strengthen that Brain
I was stumbling along this week and came across this great article. It is 10 Ways to Strengthen Your Brain.
Number 2 is my favorite
Pick a random topic and learn something about it
I often find myself getting into a rut where I mostly visit the same websites and read about the same types of things. Music, Sports, Web happenings, World News. Pick something outside of that orbit and set out to learn something about it. Art Deco Design. History of the Cuban Revolution. How your car engine works. Spend just 10-15 minutes a day on a completely new or random learning project.
I have been spending some time lately trying to learn as much as I can about nutrition and what we should be eating. It seems to me that it is more important what you eat, rather than how active you are when it comes to losing weight.
Exercise
I have not a shred of doubt that exercise strengthens the mind. Find some exercise you like and make it a constant part of your week.
Personal Spring Clean-up
Today is the day that I start my personal Spring Cleanup. First on the docket is my financial cleanup. Over the weekend I used Quicken and figured out exactly where I stood and what kind of shape my finances are. From that I noticed that I am spending a lot more money than I should dining and for lunch.
So my goal for June is to take my lunch a minimum of 4 times a week, sometimes a bunch from work eat together on Friday. Instead of eating out I am going to make sure that I eat what is in our freezer. We have a lot of soups and chilli that was made during the winter that is ready to be eaten. When that is all gone I am going to make sure that I make extra for supper the night before and take leftovers.
The bigger part of the spring cleanup is getting fit. I am feeling a lot better than I have in a long time, to the point that I was able to shave the beard and not “look fat”. But I still have a belly, so June is going to be the month that I hit the gym 4-5 times a week, play hockey once a week and run 3 times a week. By going out hard like this I hope to jump start my training and make it second nature going into summer.
I will keep everyone who reads this blog updated every Monday on my stats and what I accomplished over the week. If you haven’t already you can add me to your reader so that you don’t miss a thing.
Happy Victoria Day
Happy Victoria day everyone. I am not sure what it is anymore, I am not a huge royality hound, but potentially having the day off is nice. I say potentially since I have to work, it is all over time but it is still not cool, like I mentioned yesterday work has been slightly nuts. I have many different projects on the go both professionally and personally and my moods have been a little weird.
I spent most of this weekend working, Saturday at home doing some Professional Practice diaries, yesterday I was at the office, and today I am going to do both…..well if it stops raining I will go to the office.
Something that I have started doing to try to keep my nutrition in check is taking some Greens+, in addition to my vitamins. I have found that it has really helped my energy level since I haven’t been going to the gym as much as I would like. It is a little on the expensive side, so I would suggest trying to get the stuff in your diet the old fashioned way whenever possible.
I am not dead
I know that what you were thinking, he got back to the gym and since he didn’t go to the doctor (something that I recommend everyone doing at least once a year, even you) he dropped dead.
Well in reality I have been working, sleeping and have had little time for anything else. And my health has shown it, I haven’t really gained much, but I have no real energy and my brain is drained. So today it was sunny and I got some work done and decided to get on the horse and start up the site again. This site is a great motivator, putting my progress out there is great to help me keep going.
Instead of just starting I changed the site all around so that it will be easier to keep it updated, there are more changes coming but most will not be very noticable. Let me know what you think by posting a comment.