Starting to look forward to my daily motivational speech, some stretching/yoga, and my latest addition to the day: earthing. (As for cold showers, I can’t say I look forward to those quite yet, and meditation is still a struggle, through I certainly feel good when I’m done with both. )
Morning stats
Yang/firing up:
high-five in the mirror
stood on one leg while brushing teeth, to activate glutes (this is turning into a habit, and no longer takes any thought)
“No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. But any amount of gratitude changes the present.” ~Ann Voskamp
After dealing with two strains of E.Coli for a week, my antibiotics are kicking in, and I finally had good energy and an uninterrupted run, with a quality workout in the middle – woohoo! As I pushed myself in the hot sun, I felt a wave of gratitude that the discomfort was from hard work rather than feeling nauseous. (Plus, I’m more fun as a parent when I don’t have a bellyache.) Onward!
stood on one leg while brushing teeth, to activate glutes
ran for an hour and a half, with a fast speed-play workout in the middle
Yin/cooling down:
morning mantra: “I’m alive, I’m grateful, I’m ready to roll.”
5 minute foam roll
2 minute meditation (I find that doing this right before my run really grounds me.)
Evening update
30 minutes of earthing (while reading a book, throwing a ball for a cute dog I’m dogsitting, and waiting on hold with an 800 airline number – love how earthing doesn’t take as much focus as meditation!)
Turns out I picked up two forms of E.Coli while traveling, so that explains why my system has been so fouled up for a week. I’m grateful it’s likely just a minor setback.
“The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.” ~Ryan Holiday, in the book The Obstacle Is The Way
“Happiness is the default state of mind. So when the mind becomes calm and clear, it returns to its default, and that default is happiness. That is it. There is no magic; we are simply returning the mind to its natural state.
…happiness is not something you pursue; it is something you allow. Happiness is just being.”
Re-reading this insight from the book Search Inside Yourself by Chad Meng-Tan is motivating me to make sure I don’t forget to meditate today, like I have the last two days. Even just two minutes is fantastic!
A quiet moment helping my muscles recover in cold mountain river water on a hot day
Morning Stats
Yang/firing up:
gave myself a high-five in the mirror (idea came from Mel Robbins’ book The High 5 Habit)
According to some quick search engine research, it seems to take either 21 or 66 days to form a habit, so we’re either 1/7th or 1/22nd of the way there – either way, congrats!
Morning stats
Yang/firing up
stood on one leg while brushing teeth to activate glutes
cold shower (technically three of them today because the pool shower had no hot water for my pre-and post-swim rinse)
listened to this motivational speech by Denzel Washington
90 minute bike ride
20 minute swim (this took more effort than the bike ride!)
Yin/cooling down
no social media until 9am
12 minute stretch/yoga
(forgot to meditate in the morning)
morning mantra: “My body is rested and my mind is clear.”
“It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K.Rowling
Evening update
listened to 15 minutes of the meditation app “Simply Being”
5 minute foam roll
5 minute Hypervolt
30 minute core/grip/shoulder workout
Feeling grateful Taylor and I got to meet up with a friend, her four year-old, and her newborn.
