Time to be nice to me again (Weekly Roundup – Week 29/2023)

So if there was a literal wagon, I have bomb dived off the side when it was crossing a bridge, fallen some distance below into the water, and then swum to the side.

If there was a rollercoaster, that thing is underground now. Not just any steep ol’ decline there. But it’s on the way back up now.

The point is – I haven’t done too well.

I realised on Saturday when it came time to post that I’d missed several weeks of posting. And not only that, but in hindsight, had realised I hadn’t been treating myself well at all. It was especially disappointing when I was recovering from the flu, and needed to be nicer than ever.

The past fortnight has seen sporadic (at best) workouts, eating I’d be ashamed to tell my dietician about, barely any meditation, almost non-existent hydration, and way too much reading of my phone before eventually falling asleep in bed hours after I planned to.

But, like always, I refuse to roll over and accept that’s my life.

I’m meeting myself where I’m at now again, and focusing on the baby steps.

It’s Monday morning as I write this. I woke up at 4.35am, and had my workout done by 5.30 (coincidentally before anyone else woke up today). Last week I set a goal to increase strength workouts to every other day, and then promptly struggled to fit the session in. My son woke up earlier than I expected, or I slept in (refer to the point about falling asleep later than I should be). Or I left it too late and didn’t have enough time between meetings at work or on my lunch break. I tried to squeeze it in after work and instead, my weights got hijacked by a mini cyclone. Long story short, I eventually gave up trying to make it work and just declared myself unable to get a workout done.

Sounds like a defeatist attitude.

So, I set my alarm extra early and no matter what time I went to bed I was getting up for my workout. Spoiler – I fell asleep late again, but at least I know I’ll be tired and ready to go to bed on time tonight.

My only other goal for today is hydration. I don’t want to overcommit like I always do.

And this week, my overall goal is to be kind to myself. Nurture my body, be aware of my actions, and just start shifting the tides.

I’m chasing that wagon down hard.