I was at a cafe reading a book and waiting for my order of a latte and vanilla slice. I became WILDLY amused, the author cited a quotation from Master Yoda: "Don't try. Just do it. Just do it; don't try"
Tài qiǎo le!
Was it really a coincidence or a wild connection ? Connections are everywhere and do not care if you notice and make them; they exist in space if only you change your perspective and then reach out to pluck them like low hanging fruit if you desire.
The problem I've recently have been thinking about, as I see it, is SAMENESS. You reach a certain age and do the same things day-in, day-out, year after year with regular monotony until one day dullness creeps in; there is no invigorating, panache, flair or eye-opening excitement anymore. You have no new narratives; new ways of seeing; new ways of understanding, it has become DULLSVILLE.
So what to do ? How do you jazz things up to keep dullness at bay ? Jazz musicians live on the stand, will improvise on a melody from standard song framework; no two jazz players solos will sound the same, it is always fresh and great.
Then I noticed it, a patron was rolling-his-own, he unfolded cigarette paper and slowly tamped down some tobacco from a pouch and rolled into a perfect cylinder then placed the cigarette in a silver metal case. I am glad he did smoke it, as I do not smoke and loathe secondhand smoke ( or vapes).
So there it was obvious, roll-your-own activity.
This can be anything, say for a training routine
For me it may be using some seed of the following elements to incorporate, say :
1) the 16kg kettle bell (there is a 20 kg one next to it)
2) dead lifts; clean and jerks; bench presses; bur pees; star jumps
Ah! a favorite topic I have discussed with a handful of high school classmates at re-unions. It all boils down to one thing; by not having non-realistic expectations.
I better explain.
The key for me, which I belatedly learned and wished I had applied early on, when wishing to tackle interests that I thought might be fun - but gave up rather too quickly for whatever imaginary and negative reason, is to simply:"JUST DO IT" regardless whether it is hard or not - it is a internal as well as an external journey.
For instance, by asking the question: why not? I have studied Mandarin; Calligraphy; Chinese Ink painting and Music composition, and writing in many forms. I believe it is always better to be multi skilled in case you have a slow day with one skill; on that day you simply do something else rather than be frustrated. And it will not stop there to try something new. Life is a journey and there are many experiences to have if you so desire.
I read an interesting psychology study about new Gym membership decline after a two weeks. The reason is, new members gave up because they did not see any improvement after two weeks.Had they waited 10 to 12 weeks the benefits would of become apparent !
So I found to get over the mental blocks/hurdle and not to be afraid of hard work, in order to find your creative way and passion in things you never thought of doing can be a real joy. It has been said many times that we are own worst enemies; the mental stories we tall ourselves and the logical excuses we invent that stops us dead in our tracks.
I can relate to your article. So good luck with your new interest in weight lifting, it is never too late to do things -ever.
Now that reminds me to dust of my gym equipment in my garage. I even have a trampoline HAHAHAHA
Amazing ! this was fun.
I was at a cafe reading a book and waiting for my order of a latte and vanilla slice. I became WILDLY amused, the author cited a quotation from Master Yoda: "Don't try. Just do it. Just do it; don't try"
Tài qiǎo le!
Was it really a coincidence or a wild connection ? Connections are everywhere and do not care if you notice and make them; they exist in space if only you change your perspective and then reach out to pluck them like low hanging fruit if you desire.
The problem I've recently have been thinking about, as I see it, is SAMENESS. You reach a certain age and do the same things day-in, day-out, year after year with regular monotony until one day dullness creeps in; there is no invigorating, panache, flair or eye-opening excitement anymore. You have no new narratives; new ways of seeing; new ways of understanding, it has become DULLSVILLE.
So what to do ? How do you jazz things up to keep dullness at bay ? Jazz musicians live on the stand, will improvise on a melody from standard song framework; no two jazz players solos will sound the same, it is always fresh and great.
Then I noticed it, a patron was rolling-his-own, he unfolded cigarette paper and slowly tamped down some tobacco from a pouch and rolled into a perfect cylinder then placed the cigarette in a silver metal case. I am glad he did smoke it, as I do not smoke and loathe secondhand smoke ( or vapes).
So there it was obvious, roll-your-own activity.
This can be anything, say for a training routine
For me it may be using some seed of the following elements to incorporate, say :
1) the 16kg kettle bell (there is a 20 kg one next to it)
2) dead lifts; clean and jerks; bench presses; bur pees; star jumps
3) trampoline dance/bounce
4) plyometrics exercises: https://youtu.be/oMXHBcI1wJU
I will jazz this up and call it MultiPlyos Fit Training.
Now back to my book:The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard by Ollivier Pourriol, to shorten the distance between intent and action.
Zhèxiē bùshì nǐ yào zhǎo de jīqìrén
Ni Hao Cammila
As always: 一个美丽的作家写的一个美丽的故事
Ah! a favorite topic I have discussed with a handful of high school classmates at re-unions. It all boils down to one thing; by not having non-realistic expectations.
I better explain.
The key for me, which I belatedly learned and wished I had applied early on, when wishing to tackle interests that I thought might be fun - but gave up rather too quickly for whatever imaginary and negative reason, is to simply:"JUST DO IT" regardless whether it is hard or not - it is a internal as well as an external journey.
For instance, by asking the question: why not? I have studied Mandarin; Calligraphy; Chinese Ink painting and Music composition, and writing in many forms. I believe it is always better to be multi skilled in case you have a slow day with one skill; on that day you simply do something else rather than be frustrated. And it will not stop there to try something new. Life is a journey and there are many experiences to have if you so desire.
I read an interesting psychology study about new Gym membership decline after a two weeks. The reason is, new members gave up because they did not see any improvement after two weeks.Had they waited 10 to 12 weeks the benefits would of become apparent !
So I found to get over the mental blocks/hurdle and not to be afraid of hard work, in order to find your creative way and passion in things you never thought of doing can be a real joy. It has been said many times that we are own worst enemies; the mental stories we tall ourselves and the logical excuses we invent that stops us dead in our tracks.
I can relate to your article. So good luck with your new interest in weight lifting, it is never too late to do things -ever.
Now that reminds me to dust of my gym equipment in my garage. I even have a trampoline HAHAHAHA