As you know I've been taking the stairs every day (up to the 27th story from the lower parking level). Yesterday I didn't because I was carrying one of those big 18L water jugs and that would have been a bit too much for me. Anyway, I was surprised that even taking a day off whacked me back to getting winded a couple stories before the day before.
If you don't have the innate drive to do it, it can be really hard to stick to an exercise routine of any kind, so I try and fit as much into my daily life as I can. I think for anyone seriously interested in body modification (and thus their body), excercise can be extremely rewarding, especially when it's difficult. When things are tough, you can feel every part of yourself and you become aware of what makes you work on a physical level. It has a lot of the same rewards as being acutely aware of how you heal.
They say that one of the reasons people cut is because they feel numb and disconnected from the world, usually because of some kind of emotional stress making parts of their brain shut down. Thus they cut for reassurance that they are alive… I really want to propose to those of you that are cutters that exercise might fill that same “need”, and in some cases, might even solve some of the trigger-problem in the first place. If you try this experiment, drop me a line and let me know if it's good advice or not.
While I'm standing on a soap box, here's my other piece of life advice: when you find a place that you love, live there. We watched a movie last night that took place in Hawaii… without a doubt one of the most beautiful places I've been to in my entire life. I loved Miramichi as well though, and Tweed, Philadelphia, and Toronto and most of the other places I've lived. I like living in different places and I've gotten a lot from that, but I'm not sure it's “right” to always be longing for somewhere else. The Caribbean was gorgeous as well (the photo above is from the porch of a house Rachel and I almost bought).
One day soon…
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