Counterintuitive
Jan. 4th, 2012 01:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorchawenchContrary to what common sense would suggest, I'm trying it again. Another New Year's resolution.
What is the point of New Year's resolutions? As if for some reason, this time of the year willpower is stronger than other times. As if, during the cold months of winter we find it easier to hold fast to those changes we want to make than in the summer months.
That's bunk and I know it. New Year's resolutions are about hope—the thing with feathers that allows us to believe self-improvement is possible.
The New Year brings forth a renewed sense of hope. That maybe we can persevere and make this coming year better than the one before. Maybe we can quit smoking, loose 30 pounds, work out more, spend more time with our family, volunteer more often....the list goes on and on.
Despite my past resolutions and failures, this year I'm going to make a concerted effort to regain a certain level of fitness. It's not about the numbers this time, it's about how I feel. I need to get back some flexibility and health. Less pain when I move. I know part of this is impossible, there are aspects of my health that will always preclude a certain level of pain for me. But I also know I have a lot of areas I can improve.
And so once again, with the dropping of the ball, I start again. Despite my past track record, despite what common sense would dictate will happen. Hoping that this time I'll succeed.
What is the point of New Year's resolutions? As if for some reason, this time of the year willpower is stronger than other times. As if, during the cold months of winter we find it easier to hold fast to those changes we want to make than in the summer months.
That's bunk and I know it. New Year's resolutions are about hope—the thing with feathers that allows us to believe self-improvement is possible.
The New Year brings forth a renewed sense of hope. That maybe we can persevere and make this coming year better than the one before. Maybe we can quit smoking, loose 30 pounds, work out more, spend more time with our family, volunteer more often....the list goes on and on.
Despite my past resolutions and failures, this year I'm going to make a concerted effort to regain a certain level of fitness. It's not about the numbers this time, it's about how I feel. I need to get back some flexibility and health. Less pain when I move. I know part of this is impossible, there are aspects of my health that will always preclude a certain level of pain for me. But I also know I have a lot of areas I can improve.
And so once again, with the dropping of the ball, I start again. Despite my past track record, despite what common sense would dictate will happen. Hoping that this time I'll succeed.
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on 2012-01-04 04:09 pm (UTC)You can totally do this. My trick is to try not to let more than 3 days happen between a workout. Then the pattern seems to be broken. Unless it is due to a migraine but that means I need to kick my ass that 4th day.
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on 2012-01-04 08:50 pm (UTC)