Yesterday was a rest day because I spent all evening at a panel discussion thingy. Don’t I sound all intellectual?
Tonight, I went straight from work to home to pick up my car and gym bag, then to an American Cancer Society volunteer committee meeting. From there I went to the gym, where I lifted weights and ran 4 miles (36:47, 9:11 pace) on the treadmill after kindly asking an employee to change the TV to E! so I could watch Sex and the City. Made the run fly by!
Now I’m home and just making dinner at 10:00 p.m. I really don’t mind, though, because my night was packed with activities that I’ve chosen to include in my life because they make me happy.
I spent most of my life making excuses to avoid exercise, and a big one was, “I don’t have time.” There’s always time. We all have the same amount of it — sorry, no one gets more than 24 hours per day — so time is not the issue. It’s what we choose to do with our time.
If there is something you really want to do, you will find any way possible to do it.
If there is something you really don’t want to do, you will find any excuse to avoid it.
98% of the time, when it comes to sticking with my marathon training plan, I just don’t buy my own bullshit excuses anymore. (They’re a bad investment.)
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