Guys…GUYS…
I worked out today. Legitimately went to a gym and worked out for the first time in years. I think the last time I went to a gym and worked out was 2014. It pains me to say that, but it’s true. Four years can slip by like that, and suddenly you’re me, walking into a gym feeling week as fuck and realizing just how out of shape you are. I have to do a workout program called “couch to gym.” That’s how bad it is.
But, here’s the thing: I did it! And the body responds remarkably quickly to regular exercise. So, this is but a first step towards Ira-Adonis. You just wait and see me a few months from now. Gun show.
I wrote my words tonight, and I mean tonight…and it went well. It WAS a particularly difficult scene, one that I’ve been having a hard time wrapping my head around…but the words continue to be GOOD words. It really was like flipping a switch a few weeks ago. The writing experience is totally different now. So, I’m happy with what I wrote.
This new schedule is definitely taking some getting used to. I was anxious as fuck for the beginning of the day. I kept feeling like I wasn’t going to actually sit down and write in the evening, that I’d be too tired. But, I wasn’t. And part of it is that I went to work out with Liz before my writing session. That worked like a fucking CHARM. Holy bejesus. And then I walked home, which was doubly amazing. It WORKED…and this is day one.
My word count was a bit short tonight, by a few hundred words…but I’ll make it up tomorrow. I know I will. Tomorrow’s writing actually happens a bit early. Josh and I are Two Guys One Trekking it in the evening, so the workout happens early in the day, and then the writing after that. Might break the writing up into two sections, but we’ll see. Just gotta keep plugging away!
Life is good, y’all. Really, really good. Night.
Oh! One last thought, and it’s for Stephen Hawking. He passed away today. Possibly the greatest mind of our time, certainly the most important in the world of mathematics and science since Einstein. It is geniuses like Hawking that push the entire human race forward in giant leaps instead of small steps…and by all accounts, he was an incredible man. He will be missed by all…especially me.
Rest In Peace.