be more active

with so many ssignments and journal work to do i cant do much except sit n write them but i n=intent to make it a bit more interesting and taking it as a challenge to myself and completing it ahead of time i feel i `m gonna have n ctive weekend unlike the other times wen i detest weekends.crzy i know.i hve strted going by the public transport system so i can walk a bit nd some physical activity might be there.i pln today to finish this stuff actively nd not just passive donkey`s work.

I’ve struggled a bit with this goal. First I named it “Be more active”, because that is what I wanted to achieve. With more active I meant getting out more, getting involved in things, meeting up with friends, simply feeling generally more plugged in and alive.

I then realized that it is a bit difficult to measure the achievements in such a broad goal, and changed it to “Do one new interesting or fun thing each week”. That would put some pressure on me!

Yeah, mmm, a little too much pressure. It’s not meant that I should feel like a slave under my goals. I can’t come up with a new and interesting activity each week! Some weeks are just stressful and it is hard to find time for fun activities. Others are boring and you don’t get the inspiration to invent something new to do.

No, back to the old definition again that allows me a little more freedom. I don’t have to do something fun or interesting each week, I will evaluate this goal now and then and see if I make progress. I feel like I am making progress, but I still have a long way to go. Most important though is that I feel like I am changing my patterns, even if it takes some time.

I’ve found a Scottish Country Dancing group sort of nearby, they meet on Monday evenings so of course I was scheduled to work tonight and next Monday evening even though the last Monday night I worked was the beginning of June!! haha sod’s law… anyway, will be going in two weeks so I hope it goes well :)

I’m an extremely sedentary person. Not overweight, I just don’t do much except sit in front of some sort of screen all day. About a month ago, I got sick of pulling muscles just from doing mundane everyday tasks. I decided to do the Couch to 5K plan, and do some light strength training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’ve been doing good so far, and I can definitely notice a difference in my physical appearance as well as my performance in day-to-day activities. Once I can do a good amount of pull-ups, I’ll check this one off :)

Was very active last night at the Ceilidh! Have to look into joining a Scottish Dancing Group, if there is one around here or maybe back in Amsterdam… :)

I have returned to the gym after a 3 month break. The first session made me feel physically sick but I know it’ll only get better. Let’s see if I can keep this up for the rest of the year.

This is slowly getting better. I did The Fix dvd yesterday, yogalates the day before and i went swimming on sunday. I have also been taking Finn to the park more which gets me out and about. Hope to keep all this up.

I haven’t been doing as many activities as I’d like. But I have done a few things and I was looking at where I’d been on Google Earth and it turned out I’d walked nearly 10km at the weekend and I walked 4.3km yesterday. I wasn’t going particularly fast or slow, just trying to get where I had to go (I don’t drive).

I spend ~9 hours a day on my computer. I’ve gained 20 pounds since the end of summer last year, and while I’m still not ‘overweight’ according to my BMI, I don’t think it will take much longer to get there. I took my dog for a 30 minute walk today and killed two birds with one stone since I wanted to spend more time with her anyway. I’ll just keep doing more each week and wean myself from the PC and it should be all good!

So I think for me, it’s not that I need to be lepping around doing workouts from morning to night.

It’s more just to be living life, doing things, not letting it pass me by.

Well the great news is that I’m making a little headway on all lots of my goals so that means I am being more active. But it’s early days yet so lets just see what happens.

I’m really enjoying life these days. I think I’m getting my groove back.