67 degrees this morning (23-30 mph winds), Walk 48:33 minutes
I do a double-take every time I write “April 2016”. It is difficult to conceive of how fast time goes and of course the older you get the faster it goes. Since I get older every day…..
Extended my weight program and so far it feels good. I added a bar and weight bench so I can put weights on and do bench press etc. type exercises.
I have been using my bench and bar bells and it just isn’t the same as the bar with weights. So far, I am using only the bar which is 45 lbs by itself, plus I am doing the same exercises with the bar bells I did before.
My muscles can feel the additional training! Of course, that is why I am doing it, so I can gradually (and I mean VERY gradually) increase the weights.
Also got my boxing bag and punching bag set up (I still need to get an “S hook” for my punching bag), but I haven’t started using it yet.
Thinking of time, I am reminded of what Scott Peck said in one of his books that I have always remembered.
He said that a person could probably do anything (like fix a car etc.) if they just took the time to do it. I have always remembered that and when I start to get hyper about something taking too much much time, I remember what he said about “just take the time” to do it right.
Of course, as he emphasizes, a person decides if he wants to take the time to do something and may decide it isn’t worth the time to do it yourself.
While I have always admired people who can “do it themselves” (fix cars, home repairs etc.), even if I was disposed that way (I am very much “unmechanically” inclined, I have absolutely no skills or abilities in that area), I’m not sure if I would want to commit the time.
I have had (and discarded the idea quickly) dreams of fixing up a house, a car etc. and realize I not only don’t have the ability and aptitude, I don’t want to commit the time. Especially as I get older, and I want to do other things!
Still, the concept that I could do a lot more is good to know Sometimes, I do do something just to prove to myself I can do it.
As I sometimes mention (not at the time, or probably until years later), I barely passed “shop” when i was in high school and I don’t think I got much past building a “meat pounding board”, so my skills and maybe my interest were very limited!
One thing I did do, I did take two years of typing in High School, because I enjoyed typing. This has served me well, especially when personal computers became available as a routine matter.
I thought of this this morning as, yet again, I was untangling some earphone and charging cables and wondering it I should follow my impulse and just rip everything away. No, I take my time and untangle everything!
It is strange how one comment or thought you see can affect your life so much.
There are other concepts that may have been a throwaway thought by someone that I read or hear and suddenly it becomes one of the foundations I live by!
Office day today. I need one to catch up on my paperwork, especially after an “interesting” day in the field yesterday and last Friday.
That’s it for now, Wednesday, April 6, 2016.
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