Day 3 of my sprint. Exhausting really. I did a lot today, running around, phone calls, planning sessions, dealing with one problem or another. Working to resolve a problem, more running around. Normally a day like today would have been tiring, but then I had to go ahead an add a morning routine of about an hour worth of body weight exercises. Then on top of all my other commitments, when they day was done – instead of heading back to the hotel to eat poorly and collapse – I ran. Now I here I am reflecting on my day and writing this blog.
Leads me to the thought, if I do this sprint for 84 days and I am able to keep it up then these blogs could get very boring. Next thought – if I had the ability to do everyday the same, and be absolutely consistent would that be good or bad? Is variety really the spice of life, or do people just say that. Honestly, if I could eat the same damn thing everyday, and measure it out perfectly then I would not be constantly worried about what I am eating or not eating. On more then one occasion I have thought about coming up with a concoction that I could easily prepare that contains the exact measurements that I need. The eat the horrible tasting thing until I puke and then eat it again until I just do not care anymore and eat it anyway. Wait a minute – I have already done this – it is called OATMEAL.
So if I accomplished every commitment, everyday, in the exact same order would that be a good thing, or is it just impossible. I am thinking impossible. I have known a person or two that lived as a monk, and even they could not tackle this challenge. Although, they get pretty close I think. So I am not a monk. I am a father, husband, teacher, employee, owner, and a few other roles. None of these are conducive of sameness. Sorry, guess you have to deal with my blog being all over the place, because that is who I am!
Regardless, I sucked it up and did what I set to do on this day 3 of the sprint. How is it that I am sore? I have been doing core exercises for over a year now, running almost everyday, and here I am day 3 of the sprint and walking around wincing. I guess that is the problem with sameness. I was doing pushups, situps, and squats everyday, in the same format. 3 days of switching it up to focus on the different muscle groups and I can barely walk.
Doing a sprint like this is teaching me a valuable lesson. When you start the day, you need to be absolutely confident that the activity that you are choosing to spend your time on is the MOST IMPORTANT thing you could be doing with your time. I need to stop wasting my time on matters that do not matter, going through the motions, doing things because that is what always has been done. Stop the madness. Every moment on this planet is absolutely precious, and I am kind of done with wasting them. Squeezing in a bunch of activity in the morning and night has really got me focused on this concept. I need to make sure what I divert my attention to is the absolutely most important activity that I can be engaged in that day. If something more important comes up – then I need to be brave and bold and move things around. If I am honest with people and tell them my reason for saying no, I think they will be ok – at least it is the truth, right? Keeping commitments is important, I am talking about making sure our lives are so full of crap, that we cannot make time for what is vital.
I can already tell that this topic is going to become a theme for me. This sprint cycle I am putting myself through is going to beat that into me, I have a feeling. My days are going to be filled with variety, no way to avoid that. My job is to make sure that the variety is purposeful and fulfilling my objectives for myself and others.
Guy Reams
