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Canister Quote:
"The only things in your control are your thoughts and then your actions. Positive, powerful thoughts lead to positive, powerful actions, and when done with repeated consistency this cycle leads to greatness. Dream it! Pray for it! Believe it! Work for it! And then be ready when it happens." Greg Werner (Strength & Conditioning Coach)

Play Out Update: Day three complete. Why does it seem like so much longer? I love that every class is so different I haven't had the same set of muscles sore so far. Dave lent me a book, Becoming a Supple Leopard by Dr. Kelly Starrett, The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance. I've been checking it out and I did order one for myself. I've always enjoyed understanding how the body functions. This book is awesome. I can also put names to the various sore muscles and identify ways to stretch or "mash" them. Sweet! I feel excellent in spite of the traveling tendernesses. It's hard to explain... I just feel solid?, grounded?, less tippy?... boy that's official language if I ever heard it! The current tender area is the Teres Major from overhead press and practicing to do handstand push-ups. Yes, you read that right... handstand fucking push-ups, a handstand leaning on a wall then a push up! Holy Shit that's fucking awesome! NOTE: I've decided to "fast" on Tuesday and Thursdays starting next week. I will intentionally and consciously incorporate this into my schedule.

Journaling Update: I'm going to take a stab at summarizing. I attended my first business meeting as GSR for the Weekend Brunch Bunch. Part of the position description is to facilitate the meeting. There are 4 separate meetings so there is a disparate group of members, 4 chairpersons, 2 coffee makers, etc. It went pretty well for a first time. Now that I know the people involved I'll utilize Robert's Rules. (That's fun two things to study... anatomy and Robert's rules!) And I ramble... bottom line I said something during the meeting that kept popping up in my thoughts later in the day and even the next day. There was also a situation with a fellow AA person from Christmas time that popped up in a similar way. I decided to journal about these two examples to figure out why my mind fixated on these situations... I don't have an exact answer but some interesting things they had in common worth considering:

• Feelings of doing something wrong... guilt. Specifically doing something to offend or hurt someone else.
• There's a specific energy or lack of energy associated in both cases it's a LACK of approval. Normally that wavelength is either flat or positive. In these two circumstances whether I'm alone and/or around certain people there is a dip in that wave length (that I'm labeling approval.)
• There is a sense that something may need to be done to gain "resolution"... I'm holding off because my habit to rush into things has proven to be a bit flawed. But there is a feeling that something is "incomplete."
• In these two examples and one other one that is similar I AM TAKING something PERSONALLY. Chances are very good that all there is to "DO" is to notice that there is absolutely nothing wrong and I can just let those thoughts GO.

This sense that I have no clue what the hell is going on in my own head and with my own feelings led me to select the picture for today's post. In a more kind and humorous approach to myself and my current state... I am like the baby in heels. Slow down, pause, be patient, be curious and most of all be KIND to myself.
Enough said for now! Enjoying the SNOW!  +)

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