Week 7 - 75D/Let’s goooooo
I’m honestly not sure why I chose “let’s goooo” as the title of this blog post because it kind of makes it sound like I have some newfound energy or motivation to kick the last half of this challenge into gear. I’m way less enthusiastic than it sounds. LOL.
This is somewhat of a continuation of last weeks “break” because we were in Albuquerque for the weekend so many of our “rules” went out the window. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately…this feeling that I think is so common these days…to let ourselves off the hook, to give ourselves grace, to not beat ourselves up…yadda yadda yadda.
I get it, we aren’t saving babies over here…keeping strict adherence to our made up rules accomplishes nothing really other than the ability to say we did it. And in the process it prompts lots of uncomfortable situations and awkward conversations trying to explain what you are doing to other people and then (most likely) having to defend your decision to do these weird arbitrary things to strangers.
But on the other hand….there is something to be said for doing something for the sake of doing it, consistently without “letting yourself off the hook”. Deciding to do something and then following through no matter how small or silly it might seem does something to your inner being that is hard to describe. Being able to prove yourself and follow through on your commitments contributes to your overall character as a person. It shows you are reliable and trustworthy.
So as we have come off our “break”, I continue to think about these things. Thinking about the balance between then two and trying to understand if giving myself a break is actually justified or just a convenient excuse for me to avoid awkward situations. Considering whether or not I would be different if I hadn’t given myself the break…does it really matter in the long run? Is it really that big of a deal? I don’t really think there is a right or wrong answer as with many things in life, but it is an interesting situation to ponder for sure.
Aside from the break, when we got back home we kicked back into gear. I’ve stopped marking the days off since that got really boring a while back, but I’m working mostly to make sure I get my walk, stretch and writing in every single day. Like I’ve said before the water, reading and hiatus from instagram is pretty par for the course so I don’t really have to consciously “try” to do those things.
I should probably look up how many days are left though! It’s kind of amazing how 75 days doesn’t really seem all that long, until you are in the middle of it and then it feels like it’s dragging on forever!
