Working out

So...it is apparently proven fact that exercising helps with life: physically, emotionally, and mentally. I've always felt more "allergic" to working out (especially running) than anything else (especially in adulthood). As I've mentioned many times in this blog, my growing up was a lot more active than those who had free time to play in the neighborhood park after school. Sports gave mama more time to work and us...learning the proven life helpfulness thing. While I agree that my energy depleted (somewhat) which helped the balance of my mental/emotional and physical state, toting me around to follow my sisters in their sports (especially in the later years) giving me time just enough to glean the basics...was, in hindsight, probably, not all that great...while it did give me a basic preview of all different types of sports (most notably the need to be flexible kind), and it helped my mother (or whoever picked us up and/or dropped us off) not need to travel far to grab us all, the overwhelming anxiety/stress I got with every new sport or time slot of that sport-plus everything that came with it- new people, new places, competitions/being judged, and its timed limits...to name a few- was greater and resulted in my lack of wanting to do anything athletic after it all came to an end after high school. 

Nowadays I exercise when the mood strikes (not very often)...or when I am encouraged to be an exercise buddy (my husband started family walks shortly after this pandemic started on his non-run days that seem to still happen...ish). At the time this blog started I was challenged to walk on my own.. It lasted a week. However, with this thinking of practicing new habits thing (for health and sanity for all), today I tried working out at home. I figured it would be easier. I don't have to get everything ready for the outside world, (Luna especially) and deal with the doing and output of it all, (Luna especially) but adhere to that proven life balance link. I found an easy beginner's video of aerobics (has an element of high energy but an easy movement that would keep me interested but not stress about what I am doing). Lemme tell you, I can see why lots of fitness centers have kid care. Having a Luna underfoot while trying to focus on the task was pretty interesting. She half found it interesting and joined in and half thought it too long and boring and then stopped but stayed put (she was always close enough to be bumped or stepped on or...etcetera). I also found out for a person who was considered athletic as a young'en, I am now, very much in that percentile of a low range of coordination and motion (I felt like I was moving like I remember my mother do every time I watched her exercise outside of walking/running. as she is never quite quick at it, she can probably move circles around me now)- i..e., not fit. It was...not bad so it will probably be added to the list of tasks that I consistently complete (when not family walking)...



Popular posts from this blog

Building a metaphor

Image
The woman stares at the photo album of her kid’s block builds. Should she post them anywhere to share? She and her daughter are so proud of them. They had so much fun doing it, too. However... However, they are all fairly similar. The foundation and framework, as well as the appearance are similar enough that, while she names them differently (sometimes), one would or could think all the photos being viewed are just one build multiplied by however many photos there are. Are there people out there wanting to see them? Does it really matter? Her and her daughter are so proud of them… I find myself metaphorically using building blocks as verbage for a lot of things in life. While the scene above was a concern for showing off literal building blocks photos, it also showcases the vulnerability the woman has for letting the world into her home.  The first line of building blocks are usually the foundation. Consider her image of vulnerability but also her want of showing off her child’s bui
Read more

Maids, Wives, and Widows

Image
So this a book a week thing is harder then I was thinking it would be. Finding books that aren't my normal and slowing down to be able to think and write about it...it takes some effort and time I didn't realize was needed. Also spending all day on a book makes my husband (who gets frustrated with my book reading anyway) a bit grumpy, lol. So This book was based on English women in history between the 1570s and the 1770s. Maids (the young unmarried women) seemed to have the most freedom in terms of how they were thought of. Wives seemed to have most of the work, and widows seemed to be kind of stuck, to be honest (they paid their dues as a wife but couldn't do much with them). The book kept referring to this time as the early modern-day, which I can see, sort of. This time frame had a lot of modern-day thinking, they relied on the medical/science (of the day) and church for all their new and improved, from the home and its housewifely and chide rearing, to the health and
Read more

Crafting: Weaving

Image
So I want to produce one craft a week (I feel like I am biting off more then I can chew, here, actually). I figured this way my stop and go love/hate relationship and half-finished and just started projects that I am famous for in my house, can all be increased! haha, well, hopefully, the projects will be completed (especially since it will give me something to write about). Today's post: weaving! So I got a weaving kit at some point at the beginning of our stay in NC and realized while i enjoyed the act of weaving and  (I really like using them as inner layers for stuff), the lap loom I had, was, well, lap-sized, so it was small with slits for the warp (the vertical material along with the frame) the were evenly spaced but a good 24 of them notched together. I had trouble keeping my warp on the notches, to begin with but it all felt so...claustrophobic-ly small! Once I found ways to use existing furniture that the shape I wanted to weave (it was usually bigger), I quickly ditched
Read more