First off, I didn’t get the position I interviewed for recently, but I’m not too upset or down about that. In part, it’s due to making a few conscious changes in my daily routine that’s helping quite a bit.
I began by deciding to just do something each day. Nothing really major, but at least something. From cleaning out this or removing that for disposal, it’s been rewarding in the sense that I’ve noticed that things are different. Soon enough, I’ll reorganize most everything, maybe even categorize my books (all 1400+ of them). Recycling the soda cans I consume is another project I’ve started doing, even though I’ve begun lowering my consumption rate quite a bit in favor of cold water.
Exercise has done wonders as well for my mood. After my right knee healed enough from the slight microtear in the meniscus earlier this month, I began walking on the family treadmill. I walk at a fairly slow rate (so I can hold a book and read at the same time – multitasking, FTW!) for about 45 minutes at a time, burning around 200 calories each time, walking twice a day most days. I have small weights (20 lbs. dumbbells) as well and I plan on shortly doing a series of exercises with them to rebuild my pectorals and biceps. I’m not wanting to bulk up, so it’s high reps in goal, as I’d love to go from a Size 36 back again to a 34 and maybe even a 32 (although that might be too much, considering my broad skeletal structure).
I’m also reading even more than usual, about to finish my 26th book of the year and my ultimate 2008 goals are to be around 200 lbs. (a 45 lb. loss), to have read/re-read challenging books that will cause me to question things more, to be more trusting and to have faith that among the bad there’s good, and to continue my language acquisition of Serbian, Spanish, and (if things work out and I were to work there) possibly Korean. But first I’ll have to find a stop-gap job doing something, and if it’s going to be a drone-labor task, I first need to get a routine established to keep my mind active so I don’t get frustrated and fall back into bad habits.
There might be occasional updates here on all this progression (if any occurs, that is) in the coming weeks and months. With any luck, I’ll make it hard to top myself in 2009.
