Perhaps the most important thing about having personal goals is being able to admitting that you failing and that you need to start over. I was so effective the first two and a half months of this year, that I think I got a little cocky, over sure. I stopped putting in the effort.
- REFRESH -
Ok. So I pretty much sucked the entire month of April. I have gained weight, ate like crap, learned nothing, and continued to not put my best foot forward. So after hitting bottom last night (when I feasted on chips and beer then somehow managed to top it off with a bowl of ice cream), I get to start anew.
Starting this morning, after breakfast which also was no so good. I am picking it back up.
I am back on the wagon!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
ericstary.com
I am an impulse buyer just waiting to happen. So I just re-re-re-re-re-re-upgraded the ericstary.com account to a full website and I will re-re-re-re-re-re-re-commit myself to developing the page and turning it into a profitable endeavor.
I had a solid conversation/bitch-fest with a great friend the other day, and after hearing myself speak I think this is the best way to ensure I continue developing professionally and personally. I have been complaining for sometime that I needed a hobby beyond getting older. Well hobby, here you go.
Plus, this fits in with the whole YOE concept well. Nothing better than committing yourself to being a better person and blasting that commitment to the planet. Like an open invitation to a sink or swim event.
So... the next question is what should this little project focus on. I guess to be fair to myself and my legions of fans, I should focus on me and what I deal with daily. With that said here are the agenda items for ericstary.com version 2.0 (its more like 18.0 but I really don't count the other 17 attempts at this).
I had a solid conversation/bitch-fest with a great friend the other day, and after hearing myself speak I think this is the best way to ensure I continue developing professionally and personally. I have been complaining for sometime that I needed a hobby beyond getting older. Well hobby, here you go.
Plus, this fits in with the whole YOE concept well. Nothing better than committing yourself to being a better person and blasting that commitment to the planet. Like an open invitation to a sink or swim event.
So... the next question is what should this little project focus on. I guess to be fair to myself and my legions of fans, I should focus on me and what I deal with daily. With that said here are the agenda items for ericstary.com version 2.0 (its more like 18.0 but I really don't count the other 17 attempts at this).
- Parenting, after all it is the majority of my free time
- Work, or at least the things I can talk about as part of work
- My never ending struggle to be fit, there is a topic I can always fall back on
- Professional development, namely HTML and Data skills I wanted to develop anyway
- Life as a 36 year old personally satisfied, professionally stagnated, dude
I think that should cover this nicely. Wish me luck!
- Eric
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Phase 2 - YOE
Happy Tuesday.
Well yesterday, I kicked off phase 2 of the year of Eric. I basically took the second half of March and first half of April off. One too many beers, one too many bowls of ice cream. I did a whole lot of work and I weigh 2 pounds more than when I stopped in mid-March.
Unlike the first round where my focus was really on losing the poundage, this is more of an overall fitness goal, so I am not going to restrict my diet as much. Instead I will focus on eating the right foods and the right amount of them while trying to push the workouts just a little harder. This time of year offers the bonus of the great weather which always helps at "dinner" when instead of eating a second plate, we are running outside to play in the grass.
As previously planned, I will keep taking before and after shots. Hopefully by late September I will be proud enough to actually display them.
Well yesterday, I kicked off phase 2 of the year of Eric. I basically took the second half of March and first half of April off. One too many beers, one too many bowls of ice cream. I did a whole lot of work and I weigh 2 pounds more than when I stopped in mid-March.
Unlike the first round where my focus was really on losing the poundage, this is more of an overall fitness goal, so I am not going to restrict my diet as much. Instead I will focus on eating the right foods and the right amount of them while trying to push the workouts just a little harder. This time of year offers the bonus of the great weather which always helps at "dinner" when instead of eating a second plate, we are running outside to play in the grass.
As previously planned, I will keep taking before and after shots. Hopefully by late September I will be proud enough to actually display them.
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