No pain no gain

That phrase is so maligned these days. "If it hurts, you're doing it wrong!" But as someone who hates exercise, just walking down a nature path kind of hurts. I mean not in an injury kind of way. Just in a this is work and I'm lazy way.

Right now my feet are killing me. The plantar fasciitis is in high gear. And I could easily use that as an excuse to be lazy today. And short term it would feel better to put my feet up. But being a long term ultimate pleasure seeker, I would feel sooooo much better is I struggle through the foot pain today because my feet feel better and better the less I weigh. And the best way to do that is to burn off the excess calories. Well, it would have been even better to not have eaten the excess in the first place. But fitness is also a good thing.

You can never go back

I started to write a post back on... Friday?  Saturday morning?  Anyway, I was back in the only place I've ever truly considered home besides my parents' house, and it wasn't the same.  Things had changed.  Lots of things.  Some things weren't as glorious as I had remembered them.  But at the same time it was still beautiful, it was still that old home of mine, some things hadn't changed and were still as glorious as I remembered.

When I started the post, I was depressed because I couldn't go back.  But now I'm not depressed anymore.  I still can't go back to the way it was, but I got validation that those memories are real and they were great times... and that I can make myself a new good life even if things aren't perfect around me.

I'm doing an online course for the next month-ish.  I may not be writing here as much because of the writing I'll be doing for that.  I'm going to keep up on my podcasts, but probably putting that stuff in the class writing too.  Maybe.  No promises.  Actually I may drop the podcasts during the class if they're interfering. 

This podcast I love, because she teaches us to do the three P's.  Persistence, Patience, and Practice.  And everyone take note, Perfection ISN'T one of the P's.

Also, I'm going to be stepping away from the computer a bit.  I think that's contributing to my neck/shoulder/back pain and my headaches.  I'll still be around occasionally, but not on the couch or the bed for hours at a time. 

And now, time to go for today.