Was having a conversation about the best piece of advice I’d received over the last month or so and it took me a while to figure it out. In the moment I had to let them know that I’d get back to them once I figured it out. As thought on it and thought on it, I had to sort through of days of conversation ranging from menial to introspective. The more I replayed these talks in my head, the more I was able to sort through the pieces of jewelry that were left from each one. Before I knew it, an entire day had gone passed and I hadn’t gotten back to them. But…in the mean time I was able to comb through and sift out that piece of advice that stuck out to me. “You have to make time, not only for what you want but also for what is right by you.”
That stuck out to me because when we’re to sea I have a tendency to neglect myself. So once the underway is over I find myself back at square one in some aspects. Such as my physical fitness and even my mental health. Which the two tend to go hand and hand right? Oddly enough, when you’re so “busy” you tend to say “I’ll get to it later” a lot. Or at least I do. Most times I don’t go back to whatever it was that I said I was going to do. In the beginning of January I had set a goal that I would basically lock in, in regards to fitness for the next six months and see where it takes me. That was January 8th, I’m writing this on February 1st….and my work out schedule has become more and more erratic. On the contrary I’m averaging between 12 to 15 thousand steps a day walking around the ship, going up and down ladder wells. You can sort of say the cardio portion is covered. But the sexual tension between me and lifting is undeniable.
There will be a revisit to this post as somewhat of a check in, in a month or so…✌🏽
Respect. 