Escaping Tartarus

Tag: morning-routine

  • Embracing Warriorship – Reboot

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    I’ve been debating on what to do differently this time around and I had a couple of epiphanies while I was at it. I’ve got access to a dojo that’s unused first thing in the morning, so I’m going to start going in and training for an hour on days when I’m not doing weights.…

  • Embracing Warriorship: Reboot

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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 5: Embracing Warriorship

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    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…

  • Day 28: Shaping Discipline

    —

    by

    Brandon
    in

    There was a story in Way of the Peaceful Warrior that talked about someone seeking enlightenment and they came across an old man carrying a sack. The seeker asked the old man “what is enlightenment?” The old man responded b dropping his heavy load and standing up straight. The seeker then asked “what do you…