Newbie ... Degraded Beast
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:32 pm
My ten pound sledgehammer is still wending its way from the Amazon but I thought I would dive into the bulletin board since I've been reading it and enjoying it for some time now.
Like others I am attracted by the good humor and simplicity of the Everyday Systems programs. For the moment anyway, I am starting with shovel glove though I could certainly stand to lose 10-15 pounds on NoS and the Weekend Luddite doesn't sound like a bad idea either.
I actually have a lot of bad habits -- or maybe I should say I don't have enough good ones. I'm starting my habit calendar with two habits to track. One I call exercise instead of shovelgloving because I've found a Yoga class that I like to attend now and then. We spend a fair amount of time groveling on the floor like degraded beasts, but we are enlightened degraded beasts. I do some cals at home too. I don't intend to keep to the N-day, S-day schedule because I like to exercise on the weekends and I believe that 3 or 4 days a week is good enough for my purposes though sometimes I go 5. I'm not going to track what kind of exercise I do, just that I'm doing some. And I'm trusting the habit cal will keep me on track when I begin to slack off. It's a semi-public commitment to get in better shape.
The other new habit I am trying to start is a daily meditation practice. I've tried to do this unsuccessfully in the past. I optimistically regard meditation as a basic practice that should support other good habits generally.
I have found a little timer widget that works with Macs at http://www.meditationresources.com/. I bet there are similar utilities for peecees out there. Most of you probably use kitchen timers. I use this utility for a kitchen timer.
I'm 48 years old, about 6-2 and weigh around 200 pounds. I ordered a 10 pound hammer because I have some neck and shoulder problems and thought it wise to start off a little too light rather than a little heavy.
Thank you Reinhard for the site, and thank the rest of you for your funny and helpful posts.
The Degraded Beast
Like others I am attracted by the good humor and simplicity of the Everyday Systems programs. For the moment anyway, I am starting with shovel glove though I could certainly stand to lose 10-15 pounds on NoS and the Weekend Luddite doesn't sound like a bad idea either.
I actually have a lot of bad habits -- or maybe I should say I don't have enough good ones. I'm starting my habit calendar with two habits to track. One I call exercise instead of shovelgloving because I've found a Yoga class that I like to attend now and then. We spend a fair amount of time groveling on the floor like degraded beasts, but we are enlightened degraded beasts. I do some cals at home too. I don't intend to keep to the N-day, S-day schedule because I like to exercise on the weekends and I believe that 3 or 4 days a week is good enough for my purposes though sometimes I go 5. I'm not going to track what kind of exercise I do, just that I'm doing some. And I'm trusting the habit cal will keep me on track when I begin to slack off. It's a semi-public commitment to get in better shape.
The other new habit I am trying to start is a daily meditation practice. I've tried to do this unsuccessfully in the past. I optimistically regard meditation as a basic practice that should support other good habits generally.
I have found a little timer widget that works with Macs at http://www.meditationresources.com/. I bet there are similar utilities for peecees out there. Most of you probably use kitchen timers. I use this utility for a kitchen timer.
I'm 48 years old, about 6-2 and weigh around 200 pounds. I ordered a 10 pound hammer because I have some neck and shoulder problems and thought it wise to start off a little too light rather than a little heavy.
Thank you Reinhard for the site, and thank the rest of you for your funny and helpful posts.
The Degraded Beast