I thought I wouldn't be able to get my exercise done today but fate had different plans for me. I ended up brisk walking around Abuja for more than 2 hours with a friend and my bones were grateful.
Oh, last week, had a good feeling attached to it. I am happy we had that break, I needed it. I just kept waking up and remembering I don't have to do anything today unless I want to. For the first two days, it was fun but towards the rest of the week, I began to miss the routine.
My body showed she missed it too. For instance, I discover I had been eating a lot without exercising and my tummy which had gone to a flat one began to protrude forward. Now, I am panicking......lol. The only thing I could hold unto was my ass, it didn't emancipate completely as I feared it would. I still have some of it left, only, a few pounds has been lost.
Not doing my exercises routine last week not only affected my body but also affected my mind. I was bored out of the blue, I wasn't excited about anything. I couldn't wait for this week to get back on track. I realized having something to look forward to makes the days complete. Without those goals, we make on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis, we will merely be passing through time.
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The challenge had taught me a lot. It's only been three weeks and a one-week break and a lot of changes are happening to my mind and my body. Initially, I told you how I needed lots of courage to proceed with my exercise routines in the third week. And how I realized there is more to setting goals than motivations and gigglings. Well, last week, I realized, addictions can be so intoxicating. I missed everything. The water, exercise, setting goals, submitting posts on dreemport, everything. It felt as though a part of me was taken away. I felt so plain without those challenges.
This brings me to a new lesson. Once, you do something, and you get addicted, meaning, somewhere in between the thin lines, you begin to find joy and fulfillment in it, don't stop. Once you stop, you'll feel as though you are missing something. It has become a part of you in a way that you have fallen in love with it. Letting go would make your world feel boring with no color in it.
If I didn't have a guest in the past 7 days, I am pretty sure, my week would have been dreading. He was there, and I had to distract myself from the fact that I have fallen in love with the various goals we were committed to, and I do not want to stop.
Sustainability. It's my new word for the week. I learned it as a result of what I explained above. You start something, you fall in love with it, now, how do you sustain it? Sincerely, I don't have an answer. I have been thinking about it but nothing is forthcoming. Maybe, by the end of the week, I'll find it. For today, know that, we might finish up the next 3 weeks, but, that won't be the end for me. I'll move forward with it. I'll keep at it because it has become a part of me.