33. disciplined

 I am disciplined.


I had to walk 40 minutes, half of which was almost pure stairs, getting to and from the university this morning. I had to do field surveys in the hot sun. It's been 32 degrees in my house all day. I have around 60 pushups, and 120 sit-ups left for my daily quota and it's pushing 10:30 pm. I'm sweaty and tired and the last thing I want to do is train. 

But I am also disciplined, so despite all the excuses and complaints in the first paragraph, I head down to the basement and throw the sweatiest kicks I've ever done at home. 


The week is moving by at lightning speeds. Still recovering from the whirlwind that was the tiger challenge. I went to visit my grandparents and lost a whole day to driving. I had a big deadline at work this week that absolutely needed to take priority because I already went past the due date a couple of weeks prior. I had to do a double day of work, both in the field and processing audio data once I got home. I had multiple meetings with university friends I haven't talked to in ages scheduled for this week. My Saturday got completely booked up between the morning class, open training, and then going to see my friends who I haven't seen for a while. 

But I am also disciplined, so despite it being 11:51 pm on a Friday night, I am writing my blog post before the week is over. 


I know I am not the most disciplined person in many facets of my life, but I am trying to beat back the beast of mediocrity in as many decisions as I can manage right now, until those harder decisions become second nature. 

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