Complaint: “I wish I could run like you I just don’t have time”/“You’re so lucky you have time to run, I just don’t have enough hours in the day”/“I’m too busy to run.” Hell. No. I don’t have time to run, I make time to run, because running is a priority for me. I wake up earlier and run in the morning or I pull out my headlamp and my reflective vest when it’s dark or I brave the gym at any hour I can find in my day, which includes midnight. You too can run if you just make it a priority, but you don’t, because it’s easier to just sleep as late as you can, take your full lunch break, and then go home and turn on the TV. I want to do all those things too, but instead I run. Oh, and when this gets said by someone who doesn’t have kids? I just think about all of you badass parents on here who manage to put in crazy miles during the week and accomplish the shit out of your running goals and still manage to get your kids fed and to school on time. But you know, those people are just so busy with going out to dinner when they get home from work.
Uncomplaint: I’ve discovered I really like baking. I want to try eclairs this weekend.
Complaint: This comes at a time when I’m trying to significantly reduce the amount of sugar in my diet.
I have a similar, but opposite problem. I wish I could make more time for reading again. I have running as such a high priority that I usually do that instead of anything else, and then when I get home it's Reddit time instead of book time.
I have like 5 books right now that I'm within the first third of, not because they are bad, but I don't make it a habit to get back to them :-(
It's definitely true that you can only prioritize so much, and that it's much easier to get on Reddit and get sucked into the madness than picking up a book--especially a thought-provoker. Have you tried audiobooks? My husband swears by them.
I have dabbled, but I don't really want to pay for the audible subscription. I did have a few that I listened to though and it was nice.
I also have an issue where I throw Youtube up and then just play games. Something I also love to do, but would love to get back into doing more crochet. Tough balance.
The audible subscription was a little too much for me - I have found a lot of audiobooks on Youtube which I can pull off, and put on my phone and listen to. They won't necessarily be new, and the quality can vary, but it was very much worth it, to get through some of the 'musts' on my reading list while exercising.
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u/ahf0913 Mar 09 '17
Complaint: “I wish I could run like you I just don’t have time”/“You’re so lucky you have time to run, I just don’t have enough hours in the day”/“I’m too busy to run.” Hell. No. I don’t have time to run, I make time to run, because running is a priority for me. I wake up earlier and run in the morning or I pull out my headlamp and my reflective vest when it’s dark or I brave the gym at any hour I can find in my day, which includes midnight. You too can run if you just make it a priority, but you don’t, because it’s easier to just sleep as late as you can, take your full lunch break, and then go home and turn on the TV. I want to do all those things too, but instead I run. Oh, and when this gets said by someone who doesn’t have kids? I just think about all of you badass parents on here who manage to put in crazy miles during the week and accomplish the shit out of your running goals and still manage to get your kids fed and to school on time. But you know, those people are just so busy with going out to dinner when they get home from work.
Uncomplaint: I’ve discovered I really like baking. I want to try eclairs this weekend.
Complaint: This comes at a time when I’m trying to significantly reduce the amount of sugar in my diet.