July 1 - New Monthly task
As I opened my eyes on July 1, I hadn't fully decided on which task to tackle yet. I was excited to be done with June's task. It felt less like personal development and more like chores. As a working mom, my free time is basically filled with chores anyway. And looking back, I feel like I chose poorly. The tasks were done and needed to get done. I'm happiest about my kitchen window, still. But this wasn't really a "Dave" task. Maybe I should have tackled the poem a day. I want to keep that in mind going forward--choose a task that connects me with the assigner.
July's task comes from a man I work with named Darrin. He gave me six great suggestions.
I've opted for suggestion number 3: Do as many push-ups and hold a plank until "failure." Watch your progress over a 30 day period. Darrin is a health-conscious, physically fit person, so this seems like a fitting assignment from him. I really considered the suggestion to write a thank-you note every day. It is also "so Darrin" but that is something in my comfort zone. I wanted to push out a little bit. And of all the suggestions I've received, few of them have been physical. So now is the time to push myself physically because I need that. My sedentary life is catching up with me! I'm in my thirties. Metabolism is slowing down. I have no muscle tone because I don't do anything to build muscles. I sit all day. And my doctors all tell me physical movement is important for my back. It would be easy to use my scoliosis as an excuse to not do physical things. I am trying to lock into the mindset of using my scoliosis as a reason to DO physical things.
Here are my numbers for Day 1:
Plank: 33 seconds
Push-ups: 19
This very established goal gave me that sense-of-accomplishment rush of dopamine. You only get that with a well-defined goal--something I missed last month.
- Lara
July's task comes from a man I work with named Darrin. He gave me six great suggestions.
I've opted for suggestion number 3: Do as many push-ups and hold a plank until "failure." Watch your progress over a 30 day period. Darrin is a health-conscious, physically fit person, so this seems like a fitting assignment from him. I really considered the suggestion to write a thank-you note every day. It is also "so Darrin" but that is something in my comfort zone. I wanted to push out a little bit. And of all the suggestions I've received, few of them have been physical. So now is the time to push myself physically because I need that. My sedentary life is catching up with me! I'm in my thirties. Metabolism is slowing down. I have no muscle tone because I don't do anything to build muscles. I sit all day. And my doctors all tell me physical movement is important for my back. It would be easy to use my scoliosis as an excuse to not do physical things. I am trying to lock into the mindset of using my scoliosis as a reason to DO physical things.
Here are my numbers for Day 1:
Plank: 33 seconds
Push-ups: 19
This very established goal gave me that sense-of-accomplishment rush of dopamine. You only get that with a well-defined goal--something I missed last month.
- Lara
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