Today was just plain easier! No less busy, mind you, but easier! It started off nicely with a regular Shoulder Day routine with a slight increase in weight requested. I didn’t have to stop and look up new exercises, work on new form, or anything!
Cardio went well enough at the park today too, getting 2.43 miles in 51 minutes (of 45 requested). I still haven’t quite figured out the best path around the park for a 45 minute walk, but I’m narrowing it down as I go. Was easy though, just sayin’!
My wife was kind enough to upgrade my laptop memory while I was gone, which was a nice little spoiling, let me tell you! She also handled everything we needed for our move as far as car insurance, registrations for the vehicles, titles, and driver’s licenses, so we were able to get all that finished up after my errands for the day! That was a load off our minds, as we found that we were both stressing a little over needing to get it done.
The Master Class videos have been a little interesting this week talking about culture in a team/office setting and how things sometimes DON’T work out like you want. The honestly of this group to be able to say that straight forward is refreshing, because so many programs want you to believe that everything will be unicorns and rainbows once you get through it. Deliberate Discomfort is talking about the hard stuff, way to go! Giving an example where an Special Forces Officer had to make a hard choice between morals and the military’s request to ignore behavior of a foreign operative they were working with. He went with his morals, and confronted the guy to correct the problem. It was addressed, however he was removed from the military because of it. He said if he ever found himself in that same situation he would do it the same way again, because what was going on just wasn’t OK and didn’t sit well with him. He wasn’t going to be able to live with himself for ignoring the situation completely, and knowingly chose to take the chance of getting booted for it. Tough call to make…not everyone can make that kind of call!
My book this week is Blink, which is subtitled The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking. It’s been interesting thus far learning about the split second judgements that people make in the first second or two of encountering people or situations, and how accurate they can be when observed in various studies. The only struggle that I’m having with this book thus far is that the science seems to have proceeded without the concept of the Holy Spirit being able to guide you through situations and giving you that “gut feeling.” Outside of that I’m keeping an open mind and going to read the rest of the book to see what lessons are involved. See what else I can glean from it that may be useful in changing my negative behaviors. I’ll let you know how that goes later in the week!
As you can see…it was Just A Good, Good Day!