I know everyone always talks about New Years resolutions and whatever, but I just don’t like the word ‘resolutions’ for some reason? Call me indecisive, I guess.
Anyway, I decided to make 2 new habits for the new year.
- Meditate everyday
- Exercise for 20 minutes everyday
I KNOW, so ambitious.
I want to start getting heavier into meditation in preparation for this 10-day silent retreat I’m planning to do in June/July. After reading Sam Harris’s Waking Up book, I was super happy and determined to hone this skill. Yeah yeah, I could have just started meditating everyday right after I read the book, but… I think New Years is like a school deadline.
You piss around for the few weeks leading up to it then really get into the hard shit when you feel the deadline looming. I don’t really care about people’s disdain for resolutioners. People see New Years as a ‘fresh start’ or a time to begin something new, when did that become something to make fun of? Because people don’t always follow through? So?
At least there was an effort, I mean true success is just a bunch of repetitive ‘tries’ that go on indefinitely. You try to go to the gym. You keep trying. I don’t even remember the last time I went to the gym and was genuinely happy to drive there. I feel better when I leave obviously, but the gym has just become a torture chamber for me at this point. I’ve been training consistently for around 3 years now? I go there out of habit at this point. I mean, I’m also terrified of losing any muscle I’ve gained so there’s that too.
ANYWAY, that was an aside. Meditation. Cool shit. I have 6 months to prepare for this retreat, officially.
For point #2, I just wanted to start moving more on the days I wasn’t at the gym. Active rest and whatnot. I remember seeing statistics of people who didn’t exercise all day and how they had poorer health outcomes, so I guess that kind of lit a fire under my ass? I’ve also been watching a lot of Greg Doucette videos and he’s kind of a dick, which I appreciate. Every time someone says “PEOPLE DONT TRAIN HARD BECAUSE THEYRE LAZY AND ITS TOO HARD FOR THEM,” shit gets me pumped to go hard in the gym. My friend is a PT and said “yeah, no one likes squats because they’re HARD.” That made me want to implement squats into my routine.
WELL, that’s all I guess. I bought a Foreo Luna GO so my skin routine is going to be on point this year too. It’s so nice to have super clean skin everyday tbh. Praise the lord for this little shit. Other than that? Maybe secure a job when my term position is up? That’s probably a good idea.
Contrived Fitness 