Leading into summer everything was firing on all cylinders for me. My schedule was great and perfectly conducive to leaning out a bit. The summer itself was another story. Kid’s schedules were a mess, which meant my schedule fell apart, two friends got married, 6 weeks apart, in Europe and I didn’t see the video clip where Larry David gave me permission to not go until after I’d gone - to both.

I had a 3rd venture to Europe for work so it was a summer spent in airports away from home. I had fun, I had a lot of fun. These outings were punctuated with brief stints at home trying to claw back to the pre summer schedule I’d liked so much, with very little success.

As summer winds down and all thing settle, I’m a bit tired and even apprehensive of getting back into the swing of things. This feeling smacks me in the face mornings I wake up and feel no desire/motivation to go to the gym. Despite ALWAYS feeling better when I leave the gym, I often have to talk myself into going. That is what I’ve been doing these past few days about my schedule, “Get back on it” I say to myself, “It won’t take long for it to bite and off to the races you’ll be…”

I’ve found that I can know something to be true for myself, and there will still be some part of me that resists it, that struggles against it, that whispers another truth: “Postmates and AppleTV are right in your phone, always within reach…”

Sometimes to beat that nagging voice, I’ll set little tasks, “Get up and feed the dogs first, Postmates isn’t going anywhere.” or “Just go to the gym, AppleTV will be waiting.” I find that once I begin down the road of action, choosing the best next subsequent action is easier.

Greeting the Season…

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