Here I am again, restarting the journey of blogging. As per usual, the Fall season tends to spark this motivation to better myself. This typically involves being a more active human being than I’m accustomed. I really can’t explain how much my body hates the Summer season. I assume it’s due to my Irish heritage and my skins hatred of the sun. Give me cold and cloudy and I’ll be happy as can be.
I’ve begun a new health and exercise regimen this week, and it was long overdue. I tried to get myself to do more this Summer, but the combo of ridiculous heat and extra busy work season made it near impossible for my stubborn brain to do anything good for myself. All I wanted to do when I got home was to get Chipotle (granted this required a 10 block walk) then come home and sit on my computer either to watch tv / movies or play Starcraft 2. My health got put on the back burner. A good portion of last Winter and Spring, I kept a fairly good Brazilian Jiu Jitsu schedule making at least 3 – 4 classes a week. This Summer I struggled to make it once a week, and I missed many weeks due to work and travel. If anyone trains BJJ, they know that can have a real impact on your performance on the mats. I have felt it firsthand, going from feeling more and more competent to very out-of-place in a matter of months.
The overall betterment plan includes
- 8:30 AM Run
- Better diet, more water less soda etc. very limited fast food.
- Jiu Jitsu 3 – 5 times per week
- More reading, less tv
- Fall asleep before 2am during the week (should be easy enough if I’m waking up every morning to run)
I haven’t managed to finish a book in a few months, I do however read lots of articles and wikipedia daily so it’s not like I’ve gone illiterate or anything. I picked up a book last night that’s been in my collection for a minute.
The book is entitled The Alphabet versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain and it is essentially about the negative effects the written word has had on civilizations, ranging from degradation of women to the formation of social classes which led to slavery. It’s obviously not anti-literacy, it’s just showing that even the greatest advancements can have negative effects. Thus far it’s quite interesting and well written.
I have a long list of books I want to get through, I read at a pretty quick pace so assuming I can stick with this plan, I’ll begin to make headway pretty quickly.
That pretty much sums up my plans, not sure how I’ll fill my blog each day. Probably lots of stuff in regards to BJJ, Starcraft, life events, and other various tidbits. Hopefully I can make it a few months before I fall off the wagon.
