I'm doing 16 things
After a few months of yoga and eating better I’ve lost more weight and am forging forward in the New Year. I still cheat in my eating quite a bit so if I can just improve that, I think I’ll continue my progress.
ctmurphy's Life List
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1. meditate daily
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2. do more photography
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3. live passionately
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4. visit ireland
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5. eat fewer processed foods
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6. organize my basement
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7. go on a yoga retreat
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8. visit indiana
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9. visit colorado
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10. get up when my alarm goes off
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11. eat healthier
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12. hike the contential divide
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13. write a novel
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14. lose weight
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15. drink more water
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16. love
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Recent entries
I used to do yoga 4-5 years ago and recently picked it back up via a killer deal on a 1 month membership at CorePower Yoga. I’ve christened this my Yogapalooza and have been trying to go every day. I’ve been moderately successful in that but more important, it’s curbed by appetite (i.e. cravings for carbs) and I’ve lost 14 pounds already (though I still have 70-80 to go).
I woke up one day, went out to the garage for a cigarette with my laptop, after my laptop’s battery went dead I realize I’d almost smoked a pack of cigarettes. I had wanted to quit for many years and finally just said to myself “I don’t want to be this person anymore.” That sunk in immediately and I stopped right then, after 20 some years, and haven’t had one since. It seemed strangely easy, having been such a struggle for so many year.
I put on a patch, kept repeating that mantra, and 14 days later I was off the patch and feeling great. Even when I have been tempted since then, I just remember how long I waited for that one day to come along in which I was able to bring everything together and actually quit and I remind myself I might not get another one of those days ever.
