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So I just started exercising again after a several month break. Just didn't feel like doing anything for awhile, in part because it's been a sort of bad couple months. Not to say that EVERYTHING has been bad, no siree, but enough to weigh me down. But lately I've been trying to get back on track a little. Once or twice a week now I'll go on a 2 mile jog (during times when it's NOT so hot I want to pass out). I walk 2 miles 2-5 times a week since I work at a bar at night, buses don't run at that time, and I don't own a car. And just the other day I started doing pushups again! I'm feeling pretty good about this! I had been lying around too much, being too lethargic, and I noticed it was starting to affect me. Lack of energy on a regular basis, lack of enthusiasm for stuff.. bleh! After my first 2 mile jog last week I remember being awake and in a great mood, ready to rock! That's the part of exercise that I'd really just forgotten about completely: how it makes you motivated to do other things. Now I love to cook but I noticed that lately I'd often be too lazy to make something GOOD.. or just not care enough. After picking up 2-3 instant meals from the grocery store in the last week and a half I realized that I wasn't saving time, I have PLENTY of time.. I was just wasting money and treating myself poorly. Yesterday I did 20 pushups, ran 2 miles, walked for 2.5 miles, than did 20 pushups when I got back. After showering I made a delicious meal with some cajun spiced blackened chicken with a homemade guacamole spread and a side of sauteed baby bellas, onions, and broccoli. HOLY CRAP I WIN AT DINNER! I was so impressed with myself. Not only did I get some exercise in, feel motivated enough to make an amazing dinner, but just the thought of how well I did makes me happy. I'm boosting my self-confidence through endurance, and my morale through productivity and THAT is the best feeling ever! If you read this, thanks! I haven't posted in quite a long time but just needed to put this down somewhere in writing.. and why not where a community of like-minded people would enjoy it most?