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I biked an walked a long way today. I was getting freaked out riding with a bunch of cars racing by. So I got off the bike and kept on walking. Believe me, it was good. The extra weight I had to lug with the bike provided some extra exertion. Then on the way back, I got on a side road where there was less traffic and pedaled away. I had a sweat going by the time I got home.
Another thing I am doing now is figuring out my procrastination. I mean, mine is really bad. Everything I want to do--I put off... I can find a million distractions to keep me from doing it. So I started reading this book called, "The Now Habit". I started looking at how I feel when I thought about exercising.. I always framed the thought as "I have to exercise"--like it is an obligation. I would tense up... and sort of resist doing it. The author suggests reframing this. Say or think "I choose to do X because I will feel good, get outside, etc." So I tried it on two things today: exercise and studying.
It worked. I found I did not fight it as much. With the studying, I framed it as " I choose to study X for one hour, then I will break for lunch." I did pretty well---until after when I got distracted again.
I am observing that on certain projects or goals I have that I clench my teeth, get a knot in my stomach, etc... I mean I really fight it. It's something good, so I don't know why I am like that.
I will continue on with this book and maybe I can get into the "Now Habit."
It's interesting because I never really paid attention to myself--what goes on when I end up putting something off like that....and gravitate towards another non-important distraction, i.e. games, internet, tv...
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