So I read this lady's blog where she talked about doing hard things. She's wanting to lift weights everyday for 30 days. I have really been wanting to run, but getting 20 minutes in and thinking that I am going to die. Nevermind that my sister who just had a baby is going to kick my trash in a 5K in Sept. So it's August 2nd - I guess I only have a month to get ready to do it without dying. I get to the DCC and what do you know there is Dawn this weight lifting neighbor. It was very motivating - I can't really give up at 2.6 miles when she's over there lifting weights. So wahoo! 3.3 miles in 38 minutes - not that I really am excited to write that down - but I've learned enough in special ed. to know that I need to take a baseline! We'll see what Wednesday's run brings. Then I came home and read the Splore newsletter. Here's a quote from it!
Every day I hang out with people who experience more daily hardships than I have experienced in my entire life, yet they are so excited and positive. It's hard to complain about the blisters on my hands from the oars when someone in my boat has a spinal cord injury, and it's hard to worry about my arms getting tired while I watch someone who has had a stroke paddle through a rapid. I've come to realize the so-called "disabled" people, who we serve, have more to offer me than I could ever offer them.
So here is a list of my hard things I want to work on and how I am going to do them:
1. Run a 5K and then a half marathon
2. go to bed by 10 pm
3. stay on a financial diet
4. control my temper
5. eat less sugar (this won't be hard as anything would be less than I am doing - and I am leaving it for last - hahaha!)
Validations for hard things I've done:
1. quit drinking diet coke
2. quit drinking coke zero
3. quit drinking carbanation
4. lost 10 pounds
5. quit my job
6. learned how to coupon
7. work out 5 times a week
8. working on learning how to cook
9. working on emergency preparedness
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