Possibilities

My mind has spend a large portion of this weekend weighing the current state of things, and of the possibilities for the future. Getting specific with you would be a mind-numbingly long process. However I can say that I feel pretty positive about the coming year. In fact, this is the most upbeat I've felt about things in at least five years, maybe longer.

Someone pretty close to me seems to have been inspired by my efforts for a healthier body. I'm really glad I could help inspire this person into action, however I feel it may not work out just yet. They feel the best motivation to exercise is going to be through buying the most expensive piece of equipment they can, because then the guilt of letting the money go to waste would be too great to bear. I feel that this strategy is doomed to failure. ( See Babylon Five, Season Two, Episode 21 "Comes the Inquisitor" for a pertinent quote from Lennier.) I seem to be working off of rewards at the moment. ( I know I started off with anger, but things change. ) Complements from others provides short term rewards that help keep me motivated, but there are some long term goals and rewards I want, which provides my main motivation. Hey, if positive reinforcement can work for mice in a maze looking for cheese, it can work for a simple guy like me.

On the topic of fitness, my old friend Mark ( mentioned earlier on this blog ) gave me a lot of good information that he used to get into shape, and I've been pouring over it. Some of it is not relevant to my situation ( extreme weight training ) but a lot is. Thanks Mark.

Ya know, it's beautiful and sunny out right now, at 62F. To hell with sitting in front of a computer, I'm going to go find something to do outside... Later.