Continuing on the getting out of your comfort zone theme, I started yoga this morning! I was up at 6am to get to a 60 minute class before work with my new flatmate. Holy toledo, more of the laughing at yourself for failing. But still, coming out of it feeling positive. I’ve had so many people praise yoga lately that I figured I should give it a shot. If anything, just having a buddy to workout with is a great motivator.
And, getting up early for a class means never being late for work. <3
Yesterday was my second time snowboarding. Aside from learning a new sport, I actually feel like I’m learning a lot about myself. The first time, a month ago, I fell every ten to twenty feet. I knocked the wind out of myself – HARD - twice. I hit my head badly enough that I was worried. Every time though, I laughed and got back up. And that is why I left proud of myself.
Mount Rainier, view from Crystal Mountain Resort Summit.
The second day, yesterday, I kicked serious ass. I boarded all day and only biffed it boarding once, early on. The light bulb went on, something clicked, and like that little girl from Jurassic Park, I was all, “I know this!” as the muscle memory from years of skateboarding came back to me. I was proud of myself, because I rocked it.
Driving home from Crystal.
The lesson I learned was that a good attitude can get you past a steep learning curve, but you have to be willing to get outside your comfort zone, and take some hits. You can’t win if you don’t fight, and you can’t fly if you don’t jump. Starting is the scariest part.
After that, it’s all a unix system.
It’s “sitting disease”.
This video can change your life, maybe even save it. 20-30 minutes of activity a day can have HUGE impact on your health and both quality and length of life. It’s almost miraculous.
“Women who go from zero activity to just one hour a week reduced their heart disease rate by almost half.” Wow. Thanks to genetic analysis by 23andme I know that heart problems will probably, literally, be the death of me. I’m okay with knowing this in advance because it’s information I can use to motivate myself and actually affect my fate.
My personal goal is to drop 20 lbs this year and stay there. Stay active. Take the stairs. Bike. Walk.
Walking is man’s best medicine.
Hippocrates, Greek physician (460 BC – 377 BC)
Can you limit your sitting and sleeping to just 23.5 hours a day? Something to think about.
