Eclose

Well my legs were sore today and it felt great. Yesterday I spent twelve minutes on my ergometer and did some squats. This journey is about small changes; lots of small changes.

Riding the bike and doing squats were exercises I thrived on when I played ice hockey. God didn’t bless me with strong arms, but He did give me powerful legs. Sadly they have become a bit flabby over the past decade or so.

Adding some movement to my daily routine is vital if I am to live. Anatomy class taught me that the muscles in our lower bodies account for about two-thirds of our muscle mass. The very simple idea for my is to use my glutes and legs to get back into movement. This is the beginning, a baseline.

Eclose. Emergence. Change.

Change is needed. I need to change. This journey is still in its nascent stages but something wonderful happened today. Waking up early is something working on and this morning I created the time to watch a Hibiscus open,

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be there as a  Monarch butterflies eclosed,

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and even did a bit of gardening.

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I also managed to get my Bible reading in. Proverbs 2 as far as I can tell is about keeping good company so that we may be lifted up. Strangely enough I ran into my brother-in-law at the Home Depot this morning. He is a better man than I, just the type I need to spend more time with.

Today was a good day.

45 to 45

I am on a journey.

For the next forty-five days I am going bootcamp into my forty-fifth year on this rock. I have not always made the best decisions and find myself today smack in my mid-life crisis.

There really isn’t much to show for given the time I’ve been blessed to have. Yes there is my wife and our five children, but that is all. There is no house, no wealth, and no vacations, ever.

I am on a journey however away from all of that. I have a plan and as basic and simple as it is as of today, it is a plan. How do I know that I will stick to it? I mean my track record isn’t that great.  Forty-five. 45.

Forty-five is a place my Dad never saw so I am headed towards an un-precedented land. At forty-five, over-weight, in debt,and no career there is plenty here to cause those sleepless nights I have endured. There is much I want to do the next forty-five days and so I have chosen to simply list them.

The following list is a working draft and will change.

  • Drink less beer
  • Drink more green tea
  • drink 2L water daily
  • Eat more salads
  • 12 minute bike rides daily
  • Daily Bible reading starting with Proverbs
  • Acquire my Florida Real Estate License
  • Do the 30 day squat challenge (power skating)
  • Wake up at 05:00 daily
  • Play more chess
  • Be nicer to the dogs
  • Garden 30 minutes four days a week
  • Spend better time with Yane’
  • Re-read Illusions

That’ll keep me busy for now

Taken Nov, 5 2013

Taken Nov, 5 2013