Learned a single-leg takedown in Karate this morning; shared Joseph Campbell and Alan Watts lectures with my Environmental Econ Prof, Took my Latin III Midterm (92% whoo), sat in on Prof. Smith's history lecture, and talked for a while, and then drove home early because my actual history class was canceled. When i got home i canceled Jujutsu, because i was too tired teach. I was a wreck, and i actually got sleep the night before! Being tired is a real enemy of my Project thus far. I find its when i'm physically tired that A) My roommates choose to bake two Pizzas, and B) i actually crave that pizza. Resisting hasn't been too much of a problem for me throughout my project, but it really sucked today. I ate my diner early, and then took a long nap. And the nap fixed just about everything.
My workout went more or less smoothly, except that the push-ups today ate me alive. I don't know what it is, but some days, exercises that are normally just reasonably difficult, become seemingly insurmountable. It's just kinks in the pattern of growth i guess, but it gets a little discouraging at times. ("ive done this how many times? and now i can't even do a few well? What the hell is wrong with me?") I've been trying also not to water the seeds of doubt, but sometimes a leaf reaches the light anyways ("You don't really want to be in Peak condition" and "your still not working quite hard enough") But, this too will pass if i just let it.
Alright, until next time.
oh yeah, here's a latin quote i found particularly PCPish
"You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good - But your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Juppiter's hands"
- Persius, Saturae
Looking forward to Kung-fu sit-ups tomorrow..
Valete, Amici
(Be Strong, Friends)
Pushups killed me yesterday also. It doesn't help that they immediately follow 4 sets of the dips.
ReplyDeletekeep it up son, you're doing great. i'll talk with your roommates... try to get them to only cook raw spinach and brown organic rice on your next "weak" day. there is no such animal, by the way, it's all a matter of the way you choose to see the universe.
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Your inability to do today what you did yesterday is basically the universe telling you to stop expecting things to be the way you expect them to be. You are a whole 24 hours of PCP and life different today than you were tomorrow. Wiser, stronger, more tired, more experienced, less prepared. You watched more tv but you understood fewer political issues, etc...so even the "same" push-ups are not the same.
ReplyDeleteAttack them new and fresh. Remember how awkward you felt the first time you swung a sword? Remember how AWESOME that was?
Revel in it!
thanks Ren
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