Escaping Tartarus

Category: Journal Entry

  • Finding Brandon

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    I woke up this morning with a strange feeling. I started thinking on my 30 day challenges and why I decided to reboot, more so why I kept sabotaging myself. Especially after I’ve had so many successes already. Then in a flash of half-dreaming inspiration I had a picture of my self-image as a gangly,…

  • Embracing Warriorship: Reboot

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    I’ve realized this hasn’t been going all that well and one of the great things with taking things 30 days at a time means I can simply start over easily and keep moving forward. I realized I haven’t been exercising discipline the way I should be and I was too optimistic with my ability to…

  • Day 7: Embracing Warriorship

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    I didn’t get much on my list done yesterday, but I did make it to the gym: Squats 135×5 185×5 235×5 235×5 235×5 Press 95×5 110×5 120×5 120×5 120×5 Deadlift 135×5 225×5 280×5 I held myself to resting for a full 2+ minutes between sets. Seems to have helped. I had to wake up early…

  • Day 6: Embracing Warriorship

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    Wow, I had zero ambition today. Then my co-workers wanted to do lunch (they also work remotely) – so I got in the shower at 11 and got cleaned up. I made myself go through my cold exposure since I was in there anyway. Wouldn’t you know it, I suddenly had some ambition. Thinking back,…

  • Day 5: Embracing Warriorship

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    Wow, this 30 days is proving to be a lot harder ramp up than I thought. But I’m still doing what I can – while still being a good father, husband, and employee. These practices are meant to improve my life overall not take it over. I did get most of my list done yesterday,…

  • Day 4: Embracing Warriorship

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    I stayed up late so I could spend some time with my wife, but that derailed me waking up early enough to get everything done. So I did some abbreviated stretching and deep breathing, then I did a few sets on a kettlebell ladder – that was plenty to really wake me up. I’m perfectly…

  • Day 3: Embracing Warriorship

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    I was actually up and out of bed earlier than 4:45. I got up and grabbed my yoga mat (I really need one that’s big enough for me – it’s on my list now). I went through what I could remember of some flows from when I was going to Xenga on a weekly basis.…

  • Day 2: Embracing Warriorship

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    I still fought with myself for half an hour this morning before getting out of bed. Well really I slept like crap – I kept waking up, ironically I’m pretty sure that it was because I was looking forward to getting onto day two. But then my alarm went off and I instantly wanted to…

  • Embracing Warriorship

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    Starting my 3rd 30 day challenge – wow, 2024 is going pretty damn well I’d say. The theme for this 30 days is “Embracing Warriorship” – I’ve been thinking about it a lot as I went through the last 30 days. I’m feeling inspired by Living the Martial Way (and also Way of the Peaceful…