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New Year’s Resolutions: So many, so little time.
I began resolutionizing back in October of 2011. Probably near my birthday. Unlike prior year plans, this year the resolution list is short, easy to remember and can be summed up in a single phrase. I firmly believe it applies to events past, present and future. Certainly future events (define events as you wish).
Good luck to all those who resolve to do more, do less, workout more, eat less, cook better, relax more often, spend time with family, spend time alone, drink more Sailor Jerry, drink more water, take all vacation days, read more books, be grateful for all blessings, turn the other cheek, save more, spend more on others, take a new route to work, cut out the clutter, adopt a foodism lifestyle, grow sprouts, break some bad, free up some mental space, enjoy summer every day, celebrate random birthdays just for fun, visit the drive-in, save for her car, upgrade the sink, the counter and the floor, get rid of excess cars, travel more, boat earlier and longer, eat raw foods, learn a new Poke recipe, become a CPA, hold hands, give away unused clothes, compliment others, avoid assumptions, forgive and learn, and just be.
Closing out the year. On January 3rd!
The New Year has begun and I’m already behind! We got side tracked working on our tans – and making a bunch of fruity drinks. Ha. The Holidays were very relaxing and full of family time – and just plain ‘ol time to chill. In the New Year – may your dreams be big and your reality even bigger. Aloha.
Top 10 Reasons to Add Tea to Your 2012 Diet.
The news is full of ‘news’ about green tea. The best reason to add it – it’s good for you. But add your greens (we’ve added spirulina) and a mix of fruits as well. For everyone looking to improve their diet program in the New Year – good luck!
Top 10 Reasons to Balance Acidic and Alkaline Foods
There a number of reasons that we must learn to balance acidic and alkaline foods. The more acidic our diet, the more likely we are to traumatize our digestive system. The concept is simple: more alkaline than acidic. Eat oneth.
Top 10 Reasons for Year-round Vegetable Selection.
Actually there are more than 10 reasons for year-round vegetable rotation in your diet. Here is a guide that gives more background information for selecting appropriate veggies each month of the New Year.
2011 Christmas Holiday Photo Recap
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10 Fat Reasons to Avoid the Holiday Overload.
Ten of these are reason enough to avoid them. Eat sensibly over the Holidays.
Kim Jung il posts record visits from his grave.
Some time ago I blasted the evil doer, Kim Jung il, for all of his wrong doings – including the massacre of millions of people in his country. Not to mention the antics associated with nuclear missiles aimed at Hawai’i. (In that instance, the US promptly test fired a little warning shot out into the Pacific to ‘clear the air’ so to speak.) Kim’s ills chilled for a brief bit.
My posts encouraged a deeper dive into the mess behind North Korea’s shanonsense (pronounced: sha-non-sense). As the world turns, Kim dies. Thankfully. My posts, however, are still alive.
Yesterday, my site was visited by a record number of unique visitors – 5,659 to be exact. Crazy I say, just crazy. When you view the stat bar, it tracks along with a steady but basically flat line of visitors … and then we have a spike upward and then back downward. It looks like a bird being flicked from Kim Jung-dead at my posts! HA! Whatever. I’m glad the dude is dead and Kim Jung young-un is now in command. He’ll either turn dema-commie or be killed himself. The fun begins again. Word up.
New Years Resolutions: Ten things to consider.
1. Get Started: Create a calendar and commit to what you can do.
2. Think Positive: The glass can be half-empty or half-full. Either way you’re right. Focus on growth and the process of filling the glass.
3. Take Action: Small steps are better than NO steps. Simply, take action.
4. Be Focused: The world keeps turning, there will be distractions. Stay focused on your plan.
5. Be Determined: See the vision and the goal and stay on your path. If you get side tracked, come back to your path.
6. Attract It: Thoughts of success help attract what you need. What we think we become.
7. Track It: When positive gains are made, make note of it. It’s easier to be thankful for positive gains when you can literally see them on paper.
8. Make it Happen: Where there is a will there is a way and you’ve got to want to bring about change – partly by possessing an attitude that you can make it happen.
9. Share It: When you speak about it with others you affirm what you are creating, attracting and bringing into reality. It encourages the universe to cooperate.
10. Believe: The best advice is this — You gotta’ believe to receive. Believe that it’s a reality and it is a reality.
Why I ride: 4.5 hours and 72 winter-miles later a fellow rider asked me, “when do you work?”
Life can include a lot of things — IF you keep the routine simple. And IF you stick to the routine. Otherwise, you throw the whole plan out of kilter. Here it is: Wake up, drink water and workout, eat breakfast, work for 10 hours with a working lunch; workout again, then eat dinner and sleep for 8 hours. Repeat daily except for Friday when there is no after work workout. Saturday and Sunday include longer rides and more food (yeah).
Weekends are different – especially in the winter. Winter training is slower – or at least it is in Base Period I. We start early (8AM no matter what the temp) and usually ride at a ‘winter pace’ or basically what we call LSD. LSD, long steady distance, marks the onset of training for the coming year. The philosophy of going slower to get faster (later) is difficult for most people to understand – and even more difficult to “do.” The philosophy of training every day is difficult for most people to understand. But that’s not the point of this post. The point of this post – and hopefully inspiration for a few of thousands of people who read this blog every week – that’s it really about finding time to do the work.
I’m all about finding the time – or more accurately stated – I’m all about making the time.
Inevitably, the race season starts. Funny thing, you cannot get ready for a racing season in six weeks. It takes 20 weeks. T W E N T Y W E E K S. Either you’re up for it or you’re not. You can ride fewer months and fewer miles … and get by. You can procrastinate or avoid harsh weather days, and enjoy a mediocre year … treating races as faster training rides.
You can leverage exceptional talent or physical ability – if you have it – and be competitive with less training. For me, I have to rely on a structured program to succeed. I possess average talent, and while I’m very fit, I do not possess exceptional VO2 capacity (it’s 62) nor a high max heart rate (it’s 182). My strengths – I’m blessed with being naturally skinny, and tons of determination and self-discipline.
To answer the question, I work at it every day. Every single day.
