Patience
Well it has been an interesting two weeks, not without its own set of trials this holiday season, but surely nothing more difficult than anyone else is going through this Christmas. I hope all of you are meeting with success in your ventures thus far! I am getting back on track after a small hiatus, and my drive to enter new territory, to explore new places (both inside and out) is even more than what it was.
Inspired by T's journal entry about the crossfit FGB routine (BJ Penn is one of my favorites, so you got me with that one, bro!) I downloaded some good workout songs and a program called Audacity to edit them (it's free!) down to one minute each which I hope to finish today. I used them for an exhausting workout yesterday, and it felt great!!! I am also shifting my sleep pattern a bit, which I know impacts my health, body, mind and spirit in ways that I often underestimate.
I have read several books since my last post...Yesterday's children, NOt for Glory, Ranger's Apprentice the Battle for Skandia, Through Wolf's Eyes, Berserker Wars, and I am currently reading Beowulf's Children.
My spirit is filled with hope, as the new year commences I cannot help but feel that this is a year of new beginnings. Somehow it feels that way, though not because I wish it to be so. It just IS of its own volition. Can a year have a character of its own, or is it merely a reflection of our needs and circumstances?
This year I wish you peace, and hope everlasting.
Post Scriptum:
My workout playlist before editing to one minute each:
Monosyllabic Girl - NOFX
Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones
Brat - Green Day
Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
I Like to Move it - Madagascar 5
White Riot - the Clash
Lose Yourself - Eminem
What's my Age Again? - Blink 182
Girls - Beastie Boys
The Old Black Rum - Great Big Sea
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
Yellow - Coldplay
Kryptonite (LIVE) - 3 Doors Down
The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy SLim
Temperature - Sean Paul
Excursion Around the Bay - Great Big Sea
Young Ned of the Hill - the Pogues
The Night Pat Murphy Died - Great Big Sea
March of Cambreadth - Heather Alexander
Move it on Over - George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers
7 comments:
One minute song clips to dictate the time, that's genius!
I wish I could claim it, but it was Terry's idea...he's the man! (Thanks T)
You mean he actually invented time?? He is the man!!!
If I could save time in a bottle...That's a good list, I'm going to try out Audacity and add a few of those selections to my current list.
I edited a bunch of the songs last night, now I have 1 minute clips with a sound byte of me saying "GREAT JOB! NOW GO TO THE NEXT EXERCISE!" and such in between each of them...I amuse myself.
Whoah, that's a cool idea. I wonder if along that theme you could use those sayings as trigger. If you could link them to a memory of a time when you were 'in the zone' or at your peak.
I used to love the Rocky soudntrack as it would evoke feelings from the memory of the movie, but I wonder if it would even more powerful if it came from a real feeling/memory?
I think a year can have a character all of it's own, colored by your hopes and dreams.
I love the 1 minute playlist with insprirational messages idea!
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