A Habit

No running today so we'll just move straight onto:

Things I notice: My time management skills are not as well developed as my procrastination skills. I've been wanting to create a habit, I've been chasing after this habit for a long time. It's not a big change and there's no reason why it should be such a big challenge. I also very much believe that it would improve not only my fitness work, running distances, times etc, but would also improve my entire life, my 'mental health', my physical health and perhaps my time management skills as well.

That elusive habit could really be broken down into two sections, but to attack both parts at the same time would probably be the most effective way to go about it. If one thing happened then the other would fit in very nicely with it. The habit that, so far, has proven to be the most difficult for me to establish, even just to get a toe-hold has been near impossible, is to run in the (relatively) early morning.

I generally don't have classes before 10 in the a.m so it shouldn't really be that hard to get up at (gasp) eight and go for a run, back in time for a steaming hot coffee and breakfast before going merrily to classes. You couldn't even consider eight a.m an early morning, so why is it that I cannot drag my sorry backside from beneath the covers?

I've thought about this, and thought about this. I have come to the conclusion that there are two main reasons for this: 1- I don't pay enough attention to my body's 'language' e.g., my eyes drooping, my muscles screaming 'rest', that strange taste that pops up whenever one is 'super-tired'. 2 - My procrastination skills have been cultivated as a positive for far too long e.g., Just one more article, Just one more level, or even 'I'll make a cup of tea after this sentence, then I'll go to bed'.

I could have used the excuse that 'it's just so toasty under these covers' but that just wouldn't fly what so ever. Once you start running you get sweaty, so you must be warm. Another thing to note, which I believe I've noticed before, is that there is always an excuse not to.

In conclusion, Ladies, Gentlemen, and Other's do not develope your procrastination skills. You will eventually figure out that they serve no real purpose in your life, in fact, if you are a christian you could very well say they were sent by the Devil in order to consign you to the very bowels of hell by actions you just 'never got round to'.