Why shouldn’t I interval train (walk/run) every single day? It feels right, so I’m going to see how long I can keep it up.

I think what created this new fervor, is being able to listen to music as I run (the nano ipod is just soo manageable), and looking at exercise in a new way:

• Exercise is a privilege! One day if I’m bed bound, I would be kicking myself for not doing it, so I am doing it!

• As Matty pointed out, exercise can be a time to meditate. The combination of taking time with nature and listening to certain songs have brought out some thoughts and feelings I didn’t even realize were there during my sessions and I realized that, yes, this is a form of reflective meditation!

• I am setting the standard of completing seven days straight of a goal (e.g., cardio), as a means of earning the right to begin another permanent fitness habit (e.g., weight train a certain area of the body). This may seem like a long, lengthy process for total conditioning, but my mindset has to see exercise as a privilege. I must not take it for granted anymore. I don’t want to waste the chance to move my body, to feel the air from the atmosphere fill my lungs, to be fit, to feel alive.