Emerging from Lazy Evenings

I used to think an evening doing nothing was reward for a hard days work. Come home, kick off my shoes, make tea if I could be  bothered. If not, then it was pretty simple to phone for a take-away. Everybody deserves a treat like that at least once a week, sometimes twice. Three times anybody? Throw in a bottle of red wine (because a glass is just never enough) and you're all set for a bit of trashy TV and a catch up on the sports news.

We all have our vices, and these have been mine for far too long. I've been through good phases of going to the gym and things, but only in the pretence that it then allowed me to have a take-away and wine, but with a helping of reduced guilt! The thing is, reduced guilt does not last, and you soon find you're fighting a losing battle; often without realising it. Or admitting to it!

Well, as you will have seen if you've been keeping in touch with the My Health tab, I'm starting to make changes to my health, by addressing some of the points I have mentioned above.

What has started to emerge from my additional physical activity, is mental awakening. My mind has become more active and in need of stimulous. I can't possibly put all my energy into physical activity, otherwise I'd burn out. What I can use the energy for is to let out a lot of mental energy into activities like writing. I've always wanted to, but never had the impetus. I hope by doing more, my mental wellbeing will become stimulated to such an extent that I improve my writing abilities a great deal.

To sort of allow for the development of a writing style, or to learn how to give structure to what I write, I have signed up to a Hubpages account. It looks like here, I can find a lot of people who are interested in similar things to me. For instance, a part of my new physical energy means I have started cooking more. I've always liked cooking, just never had the energy to do as much as I'd like. I've inserted a widget with links to some of my recipies over on the left hand side. If you've got any recipie suggestions, I'll give them a go.

What this seemingly new lease of life has given me, this combination of increased physical and mental capacity, is exactly that impetus to produce 'something'! What better way to learn, than to share and interact with others who have similar interests? You

It already feels like a strange journey I'm taking. I already feel much less lazy, by the fact I can tell you all I've been 'doing things' - this blog and health diary being just one (or two) of them. At what stage will I feel compelled to have to change the blog name to Diary of a Former Lazy Man?

I'm meeting up with my friend in a couple of weeks time; he who has inspired me to make these changes. Because of work and family commitments, we won't get to meet up too often, but I'm really looking forward to being able to update him on the changes I'm making.

It's great to have inspirational figures to look up to, even when you're grown up. Who are yours? Where are yours? Can you utilise their energy to your benefit?

Lazyness is a disease...

Lazyness is a disease and I've been riddled with it for years. Whilst I'm still young enough to regain my fitness and work on my health, I'm beginning to regret the years I've lost. It's a sad state of affairs, and a crying shame.

I was a fit, sporty individual, with a reasonable amount of talent. A talent that was massively unfullfilled. Now, I'm not talking myself up like I was going to be some kind of amazing sportsman, but then, I never trained hard enough to find out whether I could have been. I have a lot of 'What if...' scenarios!

Yet, here I am, about to make a declaration. It's a declaration that has a history, it has a message, it has a story yet to be written. This space is where I will dispense my reflections on the past, diary my ups and downs as (for the first time in my life) I tackle the 'Lazy Demon' who lives in my psyche, and chart for you the journey in which I WILL change my life.

I want to share this with you, the reader. You might be the same as me, we might share that demon. You might be drifting unmotivated through your life, like I was. You might look around you everyday and think 'why do they seem so much more motivated than me?' Well, I don't want to do that anymore; don't want to be that person.

I've often wondered where it all went wrong. That sounds too dramatic! You see, I've got a good 'normal' life, with a wonderful family. I stopped smoking about three years ago, reclaiming my lungs as my own. I've got an alright job, but wish I worked for myself. I guess what it really is, is that I've never felt in control of MY LIFE. Because that's what it is. Mine! And, this is the important bit...we've only got one! One!!

Well, I've looked enough gift horses in the mouth. I've never felt in control or confident enough to take a chance. I think I'm pretty intelligent. Certainly intelligent enough to do better than I am. I reckon there are an awful lot of people out there too, who are just like me. If you are like me, then I hope you've found this post. I hope you'll share my journey with me, and take on a journey of your own.

Now, how can I say this without offending my friend? A chance meeting, after a few years of not seeing each other (far too long to not be in touch with such a great guy and friend) ...this is the gift horse, if you like! I'm not going to go into detail, but he's done all-bloody-right for himself (and I'm proud to find that he has). We talked about a lot of things that night, growing up mostly, scrapes we used to get into. However, he also talked about what he was doing now. To cut a long story short...for the moment...it was pretty bloody inspiring. A couple of years older than me, it brought back the big brother feeling I had when I was younger. It was good to have someone to look up then. Now, after a lot of years, it felt like my brother had come back.

It's because of this chance meeting that I'm going to make the changes I need to, and take control of my life, like my brother has.

I'll open a couple of different tabs, as I see fit. My first will chart my excerise activity; the first step to ridding myself of the Lazy Demon!

We can do it together if you like!