I hate to admit this but I love planning...planning everything. The races to run, the exercise programs, the motivation events. Seriously I get off on figuring out what I need to do to get back into the swing and get top of my game.
Google calendar is my best friend in this manic planning phase. New calendar - check. Running, weights, swimming, races - check all in there. Right now I have found two new races and a training plan.
Then the bubble burst and reality strikes. I realized suddenly that tonight, not only do I have to lift weights...but I am not drinking. BOO!!! I am tired, hungry, stressed out....really P90x Chest & Back! ACK!!
How can planning be so awesome but the actual work be so...well...sucky. I might whine about this a ton so you should prepare yourself....How do I get to the point that loving the exercise doing is more awesome than the planning? I went 30 days into P90x, good eating and running regularly and I dropped it like a hot potato. (I always worry I will do a Dan Quayle on potato)
I was reading this Habit Change cheatsheet and realized I am good at most of these 29 steps because they are all super mental. It is the doing and sticking that is the real hard part. I have read that you have to not hate it to learn to love it. Ok that makes sense because you have to start more neutral...give love a chance type thing.
Habits are interesting...do you love them just because you get used to them? What about habits you have had for years and then just realize one day you are not doing it anymore? It wasn't conscious choice or a decision making progress but just something with time that slipped away. If I understood Aristotle correctly, even virtue was really just a habit. You just did it because you should..not for reason.
Maybe I have to stop caring why and if I love exercise and just do it (Nike Ad) and forget how I feel about it. I guess I gotta stop being a hater. Hmmm.. that is something to think about.
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