I made it to the gym for the first time in months. Stretching (I’ve lost flexibility) and cardio only, but still, woo! Heart rate made it up to 179. 400 calories. Half an hour. I wonder if I’m overdoing it? I need my iPod back in action.
WAA earned her title again today. I went in to talk with her about my academic performance, and she affirmed and agreed with everything I had to say. It was refreshing. She agreed that my final paper blew, that my weekly papers were somewhat slapdash (She also said she was just glad I got it in). But she said that in every other aspect of the course, most pointedly, discussion, I was the top of the game. She kept reiterating that I’m a very smart person, very likeable, and eloquent when speaking. She said I needed to get out of school and go to the GAO. That working on teams would help, and people would compensate for my writing skills if I brought my other skills to the table, and that my skills would improve with practice. “You made it through CMU, you’ll make it through here.” I was feeling pretty bad about the class as a whole, but she reminded me that it was a discussion class, so screwing up the writing is not so bad. Plus, this whole academic situation of solo writing is not the way the real world works.
I’m going to miss her, and I barely know her. =)
I’m curious about the gym, specifically why you stopped and why you restarted. What factors motivate you to go, or keep you from going.
Stopped due to time crunch, relative paucity of decent, accessible, not overcrowded gyms, so basically the logistics question. Restarting in part because my time is freed, and because I felt I was degenerating, emotionally more than physically. It helps me stabilize.
Plus, this whole academic situation of solo writing is not the way the real world works.
Goddanmit. I wish someone would have pointed that out to me before I jumped into the real world.
Well, if you enjoy doing that, you can, sorta. Take up journalism or book writing, or whatever moves you. But be prepared to work for it.
I hate stretching, and yet it’s so important. I think I hate it because you don’t get instant results from it, and because flexibility is lost so quickly after stopping the stretches.