Those times when I commit to a new workout schedule, a new diet, a new whatever...and then 3 days down the road, I've given up. Were they hard things to maintain? Absolutely not. Was I lazy? Heh, I wouldn't put it-...ok, yes. But no longer! I am usually awful at things like this, but not now. (Did you like that? It suddenly got all Grey's Anatomy in here!)
In the past few years, I've come to realize that the human body is an amazing, incredible thing. We have these truly remarkable minds and bodies (unless you're a pygmy goat who happened to stumble upon the blog, to which I saw AWKWARD), and yet realize an unremarkable (and totally made-up) 20% of our potential - and not even that, at times. In short, we're all a waste. Or even if you're sitting at your computer, crying out Not me! I'm not a waste of space!, then at least I am. I could be stronger, more flexible, more intelligent, and yet I'm not. And is there really anything holding me back? No. So it's time for a change.
But then comes the question that always seems to trip me up: How do I want to change? What should I work for? Well, instead of struggling to figure out just one direction I want to take, I figured why not multiple?
So what do I want to become?
- I want to be as strong and flexible as a gymnast or dancer. Why? Because they both utilize their bodies to the fullest - moving in ways that we can barely grasp.
- I want to be as fast as a track-athlete. Why? Because I like knowing that I'm faster than most people.
- I want to be as handy and efficient as a carpenter or mechanic. Why? Because who doesn't want to be able to fix everything?
- and I want to be as knowledgeable and "learned" as, well, possible. Why? Because I'm tired of struggling to form proper opinions on things because I don't know enough to do so, and I hate how relatively dumb I am.
At the moment, I'm sure those I-wants are a little far-reaching, but you know what? I want what I want. And it may not happen overnight, but I'm going to turn all those I-wants into achievements. In the next few posts I'll start detailing how I'm going about all this, but hopefully starting a blog and publishing my attempt to the world will keep this alive longer than my other exploits.
So if you're out there, reading this, and maybe feeling like you're not living up to your potential, then why not join me? No one says we have to be perfect, but what's keeping us from being better? That pygmy goat? Well, that's what you get for living on a miniature farm.
