Wednesday, November 26, 2008

I've lost it

My motivation the last few week has just been gone. I took a couple days off two weeks ago because of a sore hip, then last week I was sick. Sunday, I tried to run but I was worn out after 12 minutes of running. This week, I was supposed to get up Tuesday morning, but I didn't sleep hardly at all Monday night. Then this morning, I set my alarm for 6:30, got up, brushed my teeth, then said screw it and went back to bed. It's hard right now to keep pushing myself when things are going so slow and no one close to me seems to care if I succeed or not (in fact, several of them don't seem to want me to).

Money is also super tight right now, and I know I need to find my own place, so I'm sure all that is adding to the stress and sense of defeat at the moment. I feel very alone and without a support system, which really sucks.

My plan: In order to combat the laziness and lack of motivation, starting Friday, I plan to get up by 7 every morning for the next week, regardless of if I sleep the night before or not. I think I let myself get stressed thinking I need 8 hours of sleep every night, then it makes it harder to sleep. I'm going to go for a walk every morning for at least 30 minutes, an hour on the days I run. I'm going to start making breakfast again, even if my roommate is home (he was annoying me, so I had been leaving and buying breakfast instead of making it). And I'm going to start the Hundred Pushups program (crunches can wait a couple weeks).

Reading: I finished Band of Brothers. It was pretty good and they really did keep the T.V. series pretty similar. I'm reading Fields of Fire next.

Correction: I'll be reading Rifleman Dodd, since I forgot Fields of Fire at work.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Keep pushing, it's getting through times like these that separates Marines and gives us our strength. Stick to the plan you've laid out!

Unknown said...

Day one of my plan is complete. The first step is always the hardest, right? Thanks for all your support. It really brightens my day when I log on and see a comment from you! :)