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Long today! But good long. Very detailed.
I did NOT feel like doin’ it up this morning. No particular reason (except maybe 10 days of being good in a row). I just felt like I’d rather first, stay in bed, and second, sit down and have a read rather than do the exercise things.
I stayed on the path, however.
Since I’m a bit of a drama llama, I’ve taken to calling this whole deal “The Path” for the last 36 hours, which amuses my wife no end and makes it sound like I’ve joined a cult. With about 10 seconds of effort I’m sure I could discover that it’s a terrible name and associated with some horrible religious movement or new age fooferaw, but I’m kind of fond of it now, so I’m not going to look.
Here it is; what’s been working for me (despite being logey about it this morning) so far in 2019:
- Get up and get clothes for day
- Go downstairs and feed the cats, pack my lunch, and chug about 500 ml of water
- Back up to exercise; 10 minutes AT LEAST but usually 25-30 of a few (very few for now!) pushups and situps, then rowing or spinning
- Shower, shave, brush teeth
- Jerkpod!
- Other computer stuff: correspondence, site maintenance for the canoe club if needed, music for the next WAFFLES!, etc.
- Downstairs for coffee, clean the litterboxes, finish getting ready for the day
- Log food for the whole day
- Leave for work (M-F)
- Have a normal day. Eat only what I’ve packed and planned for in the morning.
- Come home from work, have dinner (as planned in the morning). Have a normal evening. Then the checklist:

Then on with the rest of my evening, or off to bed, as time allows.
It’s… I guess it’s pretty regimented, as these things go. But the key thing is it’s working for me and as long as I don’t deviate, there’s no reason it should stop working. It’s a total time of 90 minutes in the morning (most of which are things I need to do anyway, I’m just strict about the order) and 30-40 minutes in the evening; far fewer things I HAVE to do there, but all things that add value to my life.
So yes. The Path. It’s silly to have a name for it, but I like things like that; I’m dramatic.