Sunday, January 15, 2012

Day Four: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Clone Those Lemons and Make Super Lemons

Sunday has been a bit of success and a bit of a disaster - I believe everyone should have 'their' day where it's all about them and Sunday is this day for me. I try to only do what I want to do on Sundays, for my own mental sanity to let myself know I'm still the most important person in my life. 

Fitness: Today was another rest day from the gym. We were going to go in this afternoon before the ARDL  movie night but my wife was very blunt about the fact we weren't going anywhere. Yes, I could have gone in by myself but I'd also given my word I would help her with a cake we were making so I ended up having a nap, playing Wii and finishing a 16-bearing cleaning kit. I was feeling a bit off colour so the thought of roaring the blood around my system didn't sound very "Sunday" to me.

Aikido: No training on Sundays. I will look at adding in personal weapons drills on Sat / Sun to prepare for my next grading. Must learn at least the first ten jo suburi (translation: staff movements)  

Derby: My foot held up remarkably well today, after several painkillers and a little bit of prancing around I felt like I could have skated all day without pain (exciting!). I enjoyed training but it was a bit frustrating as I did the Kamikaze Kitten boot camp the weekend before which had pushed all my limits, both technically and physically and the Rose City beginners course was much more entry level. I can't complain though, the painkillers would have worn off eventually and I probably would have been clawing to get off the track. The drill work with the other freshies also helps me become accustomed to their skate styles, and where I can help if possible. That's the nice thing about Derby - you want to see everyone exceed their own expectations and to improve, not just yourself. 

Diet: Reasonably amount of fail on the diet side of things. Muesli bars for breakfast, then I had some chocolate milk and an awesome (healthish) sandwich for lunch then things sort of crashed downhill in a fit of laziness and cream-cheese icing. I developed a bad headache later that evening and while I'm prone to headaches I feel that if I had steered more towards a litre of water things might have ended differently. But then, I'm demanding a lot of "It's Go Time!" from my body so maybe the occasional body fail is acceptable. 

Sleep: cheaped a bit on the Sat-Sun time and had a 40 minute powernap Sunday afternoon to try and mitigate that I felt tired (as the wife said, "Go and have a bloody nap if you want! You're an adult!") Then I would have slept from approximately 10-10.30pm to 6am. Wide awake at 6am. That's the kind of person I've become. Trying really hard to be happy about that... a positive outlook will make becoming a 'morning person' more palatable. 

On a side note I can't help but feel that when focusing on my own internal improvement and development it's hard to not have it leak into all the other facets of life (like an overflow of awesome!) which is in and of itself highly motivating. Derby has helped kick start a strong desire in myself to see others achieve, as being surrounded by successful and driven people has a positive feedback effect that will see others want to be more than they are and putting the effort in. Also I've decided that when people have a highly positive impact on others that they deserve public acknowledgement for being awesome - and you know what? It should be the standard in society - it feels great to tell people they're awesome and it feels even more amazing to be told, especially as some people don't realise that by just being themselves that they are a shining inspiration to those around them. I've found most people whisper on the sidelines to each other and agree, "Oh, this-person has been very helpful," or "I appreciate the time whats-her-face puts in to activity-x!" but it's not common to even just say more than just a standard 'thank you' - we need to raise the bar people. Good behaviour/attitude and inspirational/motivating peoples who stand out and have a positive impact need to be celebrated. 

 

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