Random highlights of the Ë=mÇwË¥Ëñ² in 2020 thus far:
After watching The Game Changers, I made it seven weeks without meat. I've brought back healthy meats (lean meats, i.e. salmon) in small amounts. I feel amazing! This is the best I've felt in more than a decade! Even beer and dairy have been cut out. I may have shed an internal tear over that last statement. I miss you dear imperial stouts. Note, I didn't say anything about wine or spirits. In other news regarding this diet, be prepared for a drastic increase in gas. Don't ask me (or my co-workers) how I know. You may risk being socially ostracized.
My friend, Seth Ogle finally talked me into taking some tango lessons. What a vastly different way to learn body mechanics. Things like yoga, climbing, skiing, or canyoneering all teach you to use your body in fun and clever ways to be more efficient. Well, tango is a whole new world on that front. I'm still a total noob, but have a great time stepping on other noobs feet!
The pursuit of a top 100 Robie Creek half marathon result continues. With this new diet, I've seen as low as 182lbs on the scale this year. What a difference from two years ago when I never saw numbers under 200lbs. April 18th, Robie Creek, I'm coming for you! That and those last two of the six pack. I can clearly see four. Two more to go.
As usual, most of my days are consumed by writing SQL queries, making and perfecting reports, security requests and the occasional fixing issues in the system at large here at one of those state agencies. Yes, that was probably the most amazing thing you've read in all of your life. Turns out, making my living is pretty damn boring to pretty much everyone other than me. Well, sometimes it isn't the most thrilling to me either.
The Addaday Biozoom percussion massage gun is maybe one the most amazing things I've ever purchased. This thing is undoing many years of damage to my low back muscles from hundreds of thousands of miles spent riding a road bike laid over too far. If you have tight muscles (yeah, that's everyone), you might want to consider one of these things. Life altering technology right there!
Wilma, my beagle / black and tan coonhound mix continues to make inroads to being a confident and happy rescue dog from Texas. She has learned to be quite the hot springs dog, hopping right in whenever we get there. Getting to run on trails or on the local canal bank make her life go 'round this time of year.
I've been reading a ton of Mark Manson's material. The goal being to make myself a better person. The last relationship I was in made me want to do better in the future on multiple fronts. His stuff covers a whole lot of really intriguing ways to be better that I wish I had known a long ass time ago. He's most notably the author of The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*. Here is his best free online stuff. https://markmanson.net/best-articles
Speaking on the personality topic, I decided to retake the Jung Typology test that I took for the first time in 2016. Apparently, I'm a little more polarized than I was before in my same old thought processes. If you're interested in taking it, here it is: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Upcoming canyoneering trips to Southern California (Angeles National Forest) and Moab keep my attention towards the future. Maybe I'll even share a pic or two here after they happen.
Here are a couple videos from last October's Zion trip:
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