Day 26 - Planners

So yesterday I ended up being stuck at work until 6:30. After 45 minute drive home, I ended up doing my workout until a bit after eight. I have to hold my arms out on the floorjumps and it makes me feel like some kind of movie shaman doing a bird dance. Then I ate a very simple exhausted-chef chicken on lettuce salad with some rice on the side and worked on homework. Next thing I knew it was 10:30. I'm going on vacation tonight, leaving for the beach as soon as class ends, and like a dolt I have did not pack or put the bikes on the rack or anything. So after I finish that draft of my paper and get ready for my trip and it was creeping up on midnight.

We have various elements to the PCP, the food, the exercise, getting enough sleep, etc. Last night when I set my alarm for 5:30 I failed at all three. I had no time to exercise or cook, and I was still not getting eight hours of sleep. So today is a bit of a wash. I'll cobble together something PCP from the deli, which will be less than optimal.

Unlike E, I am not a rules stickler. And if I don't become one I will not reach my goal of Peak Condition. This is the dilemma. I have no doubt that I can adapt, I have adapted to some pretty strange circumstances, to the point where sleeping on airport floors felt normal or riding my bike for 8 hours a day was just what I did. I have gotten (mentally) fat and lazy living the (really wonderful) good life these past years and now I have to reset some patterns. That conflict will inevitably lead to days like today.

Just as reaching muscle failure makes us stronger, reaching habit failure is the only way for me to build stronger systems.

That got rambly, have a good weekend kids, see y'all Monday.