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Hello readers. Well, it's Thursday, bright and early! And I'm up gazing out the window into a perfectly dreary morning. Cloudy, grey, and rainy it is on this 6th day of May, and I can only remember to be thankful that the weather wasn't like this yesterday on my day off.
Anyway. Not really a whole lot going on in particular. It's just 7:17am and I'm not ready to get down to any kind of business yet, so here I am on Blogger.
Lately I've been making a few lifestyle changes, and I'm proud to say that they're going rather well.
1.) Wake up early
Going to bed super late at night, and then waking up very late in the morning always had me feeling kind of sluggish. I'm not really a night person. I enjoy the daylight and the sunshine. I get very few things done at night, because I feel less motivated. So, I decided that it was about time to start setting my alarm clock back a few hours.
I set my alarm to 6:15am. At first, I couldn't get myself up out of bed on time, so I set two alarms. One at 6:15am to get me out of a sleep, and another at 7:00am to get me out of bed. It went that way for a while, but more recently I've been able to get out of bed at around 6:30am with little problem.
This morning, the alarm went off at 6:15am. I clamored out of bed and crossed the room to where my alarm was, turned it off, then skedaddled back into bed. 10 minutes later I was tossing off the covers, fully awake and ready to start the day. It felt really good!
2.) Exercising
I've always been very interested in exercise. Unfortunately I've never been much with sticking to a routine. The idea of exercise is always a pleasant one, but the actual practice was hard to get into. My family is very athletic/healthy so I've always felt a bit of the odd one out.
My father is a former black belt in Taekwando who is currently a gym junkie at the age of 62.
My older brother is a marathon runner/gym junkie with experience in kick boxing and other such interesting athletics. His wife, my sister-in-law, has 9 month post-baby abs and is also a marathon runner, former rugby player.
My little brother is a cross country runner/biker/marathon runner/gym junkie, with experience in Martial arts, MMA, and is now currently training for a half iron man competition.
My mom doesn't need exercise, she's always been small, petite, and cute. She can lose 10 lbs by just eating properly, no exercise needed.
My 33 year old older sister has the body of a 20 year old.
And then there's ME! I'm not tall and svelt, like my brothers or my dad, and I'm certainly not petite like my mom. I'm quite in between. Am I totally unhappy with myself? No way! Of course I complain from time to time, who doesn't? But I was always content enough to just let things be the way they were and not change them.
However, in the past year and half the tom-boy part of me has come out to play. I love being outside. Biking, hiking, frisbee, swimming... if it's an outdoor activity I'm game. But the hard-core exercise thing has eluded me still. Until now...
Picking up my life and moving to a foreign country has done a lot for my self confidence. I've learned how to function well in a new environment and thrive. So now, the idea of exercise has become more appealing. Routines are hard to get into, sure, but when you have confidence as a beginner it's easier to keep going. Do I feel TOTALLY embarrassed at the jogging track when I can't go more than twice around without having to stop and walk? Well, yeah. But it's not the crippling kind of humiliation that makes me not want to be there. I just keep reminding myself that with time, and dedication, I'll be able to run around that thing without having to stop every quarter mile to wallow in the dirt out of pure exhaustion (not that I do that now...).
A very dear friend of mine, her name is Kalyn (Cavalier Girl),has recently reached some of her fitness goals, and has really served as an inspiration to me! Thank you Kalyn!
Also, little things like... the fact that my jeans are fitting me better now... give me confidence and keep me going. I also continue to think about all of the cute clothes I'll be able to wear in a few months if I keep this exercise thing up! Hey! A big part of me is still a girly girl!!! Don't judge!
Maybe I'll even get brave enough to start a martial art.... hm. (One step at a time, Auggie. One step at a time).
3.) Study Habits
I'm horrible at studying. I never developed good study habits. If the class was one I enjoyed, it was easy for me to retain information and study for it. If it was a class I disliked or thought was boring, I hardly even opened the book and I CERTAINLY didn't listen in class. Not that I made bad grades. I did well. But, I believe now that I certainly could have done better. In all honesty I never really had any GOALS to achieve. Graduating was about it, everything else was kind of up in the air because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. I knew that I wanted to go to Graduate school, but for what? My ambiguous future made it difficult for me to knuckle down and concentrate well because I didn't know what to knuckle down and concentrate ON.
Now that my desires and goals are a little clearer, It's almost fun to sit down and study. Even during the times when I'm not exactly feeling like it, I spread out my books and paper, get a pencil ready, and go to it. I'm getting better.
What am I studying now? Korean mostly. I've got some high reaching goals in mind, and it's going to take a lot of work.
Another study goal? TESOL. I want to be certified just for the heck of it. I think it'll help me a lot in the future. Though I'm not expecting TESOL to be anything that difficult to study for (watch me be totally wrong).
4.) Drink More Water
This might not seem like a big one, but let me tell you, I thoroughly dislike water when I'm not absolutely 100% thirsty. Drinking a healthy amount of it every day is a REAL task for me. BUT, at least I've been drinking it. Diet soda's certainly can't give me the hydration that water can. It's getting easier, little by little, but man... water is hard to drink.
Well, there's a little bit of that.
I actually feel pretty okay about making such a random post in the middle of the week like this. It might happen more often. Maybe. Possibly.
In other new, I think I've caught a cold. BIG surprise there considering I work with a bunch of kindergarten kids who don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.
Well, here's to hoping a healthier life style will help me recover more quickly.
And here's to hoping that I can keep going strong with these goals and lifestyle changes I've set and made for myself.
Thank you readers for your continued interest in my blog. I have NO idea who you are, but I know you're there!!!! My daily counter tells me so!
Family and friends State side: Enjoy Cinco De Mayo! Have some Mexican food for me.
ROK peers: Children's day is over. Back to work! Have a great day!
Your blog host,
~Auggie.
Hello readers. Well, it's Thursday, bright and early! And I'm up gazing out the window into a perfectly dreary morning. Cloudy, grey, and rainy it is on this 6th day of May, and I can only remember to be thankful that the weather wasn't like this yesterday on my day off.
Anyway. Not really a whole lot going on in particular. It's just 7:17am and I'm not ready to get down to any kind of business yet, so here I am on Blogger.
Lately I've been making a few lifestyle changes, and I'm proud to say that they're going rather well.
1.) Wake up early
Going to bed super late at night, and then waking up very late in the morning always had me feeling kind of sluggish. I'm not really a night person. I enjoy the daylight and the sunshine. I get very few things done at night, because I feel less motivated. So, I decided that it was about time to start setting my alarm clock back a few hours.
I set my alarm to 6:15am. At first, I couldn't get myself up out of bed on time, so I set two alarms. One at 6:15am to get me out of a sleep, and another at 7:00am to get me out of bed. It went that way for a while, but more recently I've been able to get out of bed at around 6:30am with little problem.
This morning, the alarm went off at 6:15am. I clamored out of bed and crossed the room to where my alarm was, turned it off, then skedaddled back into bed. 10 minutes later I was tossing off the covers, fully awake and ready to start the day. It felt really good!
2.) Exercising
I've always been very interested in exercise. Unfortunately I've never been much with sticking to a routine. The idea of exercise is always a pleasant one, but the actual practice was hard to get into. My family is very athletic/healthy so I've always felt a bit of the odd one out.
My father is a former black belt in Taekwando who is currently a gym junkie at the age of 62.
My older brother is a marathon runner/gym junkie with experience in kick boxing and other such interesting athletics. His wife, my sister-in-law, has 9 month post-baby abs and is also a marathon runner, former rugby player.
My little brother is a cross country runner/biker/marathon runner/gym junkie, with experience in Martial arts, MMA, and is now currently training for a half iron man competition.
My mom doesn't need exercise, she's always been small, petite, and cute. She can lose 10 lbs by just eating properly, no exercise needed.
My 33 year old older sister has the body of a 20 year old.
And then there's ME! I'm not tall and svelt, like my brothers or my dad, and I'm certainly not petite like my mom. I'm quite in between. Am I totally unhappy with myself? No way! Of course I complain from time to time, who doesn't? But I was always content enough to just let things be the way they were and not change them.
However, in the past year and half the tom-boy part of me has come out to play. I love being outside. Biking, hiking, frisbee, swimming... if it's an outdoor activity I'm game. But the hard-core exercise thing has eluded me still. Until now...
Picking up my life and moving to a foreign country has done a lot for my self confidence. I've learned how to function well in a new environment and thrive. So now, the idea of exercise has become more appealing. Routines are hard to get into, sure, but when you have confidence as a beginner it's easier to keep going. Do I feel TOTALLY embarrassed at the jogging track when I can't go more than twice around without having to stop and walk? Well, yeah. But it's not the crippling kind of humiliation that makes me not want to be there. I just keep reminding myself that with time, and dedication, I'll be able to run around that thing without having to stop every quarter mile to wallow in the dirt out of pure exhaustion (not that I do that now...).
A very dear friend of mine, her name is Kalyn (Cavalier Girl),has recently reached some of her fitness goals, and has really served as an inspiration to me! Thank you Kalyn!
Also, little things like... the fact that my jeans are fitting me better now... give me confidence and keep me going. I also continue to think about all of the cute clothes I'll be able to wear in a few months if I keep this exercise thing up! Hey! A big part of me is still a girly girl!!! Don't judge!
Maybe I'll even get brave enough to start a martial art.... hm. (One step at a time, Auggie. One step at a time).
3.) Study Habits
I'm horrible at studying. I never developed good study habits. If the class was one I enjoyed, it was easy for me to retain information and study for it. If it was a class I disliked or thought was boring, I hardly even opened the book and I CERTAINLY didn't listen in class. Not that I made bad grades. I did well. But, I believe now that I certainly could have done better. In all honesty I never really had any GOALS to achieve. Graduating was about it, everything else was kind of up in the air because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. I knew that I wanted to go to Graduate school, but for what? My ambiguous future made it difficult for me to knuckle down and concentrate well because I didn't know what to knuckle down and concentrate ON.
Now that my desires and goals are a little clearer, It's almost fun to sit down and study. Even during the times when I'm not exactly feeling like it, I spread out my books and paper, get a pencil ready, and go to it. I'm getting better.
What am I studying now? Korean mostly. I've got some high reaching goals in mind, and it's going to take a lot of work.
Another study goal? TESOL. I want to be certified just for the heck of it. I think it'll help me a lot in the future. Though I'm not expecting TESOL to be anything that difficult to study for (watch me be totally wrong).
4.) Drink More Water
This might not seem like a big one, but let me tell you, I thoroughly dislike water when I'm not absolutely 100% thirsty. Drinking a healthy amount of it every day is a REAL task for me. BUT, at least I've been drinking it. Diet soda's certainly can't give me the hydration that water can. It's getting easier, little by little, but man... water is hard to drink.
Well, there's a little bit of that.
I actually feel pretty okay about making such a random post in the middle of the week like this. It might happen more often. Maybe. Possibly.
In other new, I think I've caught a cold. BIG surprise there considering I work with a bunch of kindergarten kids who don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.
Well, here's to hoping a healthier life style will help me recover more quickly.
And here's to hoping that I can keep going strong with these goals and lifestyle changes I've set and made for myself.
Thank you readers for your continued interest in my blog. I have NO idea who you are, but I know you're there!!!! My daily counter tells me so!
Family and friends State side: Enjoy Cinco De Mayo! Have some Mexican food for me.
ROK peers: Children's day is over. Back to work! Have a great day!
Your blog host,
~Auggie.
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