I like to go camping, but i like being outdoors & in nature. It makes myself and others suppose at peace with the world. I like to listen to the sound of the doves in the trees. There are several odd kinds of woodpeckers close to the section where I like to go camping. There is a wildlife refuge about 12 miles away from my house, however my friends & I often go there for the weekend to go camping. It doesn’t cost anything if you have a state pass; Camping is a lot of fun, especially when you have the right equipment. I never go camping without a tent & a sleeping bag. I regularly have a canteen & a lantern, and flint to make fire. I genuinely don’t mind camping in the winter, Spring, summer, or fall, as long as I am well-prepared. My friends & I went camping a single weekend during the summer time & I thought the two of us were prepared for anything! When it started raining, it got genuinely cold genuinely fast, everyone wanted to go home until I surprised my friends with a battery operated heater. I had purchased the battery operated furnace several weeks ago & it was in the back of my car in the trunk. My friends were ecstatic when they saw the battery operated furnace & the two of us used it for several seconds during that camping trip. The rain & cold temperatures can ruin a weekend abruptly, however being prepared is a single way to ensure that you will have a unbelievable time no matter what the weather & nature has in store for you.

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My wife absolutely loves anything wellness and fitness.

Anything involving health plans or health and wellness and she was happy. One of her most favorites is the yoga studio, a place she actively goes to. Before I met her, I didn’t know what yoga was. Although my wife and I have many similarities and what not, wellness and fitness was not one of them. She will continuously try to get me interested in going to the local gym with her, by showing me weight lifting or cross fit classes, but I am not interested. I am a very lazy person, and I would much rather stay at home watching TV than sweating my butt off at the gym local. This is always really disappointing to my wife, but I just can’t help it. Now as of recently she has been talking about going to a body wellness center. This place offers nutritional counseling and semi-private fitness training. My wife has also been talking about going to a group physical training class, so she could talk about fitness with other people like her. I agree completely with that idea, because I feel she should go out and meet people with similar interests. That would make her happy, and she would stop pressuring me to go work out with her and give me time to do things that I enjoy. She is going to head on over to the workout program this week to get an idea as to what it would be like. I am hoping she goes for it.
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I have always been very careful with how I spend my money, and that is because for a long time, I didn’t have very much money to spend, so I had to be very careful with how I spent things in order to make sure I would still have enough money to pay for food.

Even though I have a better job now, those habits still remain.

Anyways, one of the things I really wanted to do is exercise more. Living a sedentary lifestyle is extremely bad for you and I wanted to change that, but I wasn’t sure how to work up the motivation to do so. Then I had an idea, I would get a gym membership. I knew that by paying for the local gym, I would be going without a doubt. I made sure the gym I chose was a certified gym before buying the membership. I also found out that this place in particular was known for having membership discounts. I visited the gym within the next few days and I was impressed with all of the things this place offered. This gym had a yoga studio, it had steam rooms, it had fitness coaching and cross fit. I was so surprised with the variety I wasn’t sure where to start. I decided to go with the cross fit gym, because I felt that would be the best for me to start with. I plan on coming here to the gym every weekend, that way I can make sure that I am at least exercising weekly.

 

Semi-private fitness training

For a long time I have lived in the same old sedentary way.

I was aware of all of the doctors that were saying how unhealthy it was, and how it put me at risk for other serious diseases, but I didn’t listen, because I wanted to continue in my unhealthy habits.

It wasn’t until I read about someone dying due to obesity related issues. That made me take a step back and look at my life. What was I doing? If I kept going at this rate, then I was going to die early, and I didn’t want my family to attend my funeral while I was still young. I decided to take things seriously, and I started looking into workout programs. I knew there was no way I could do this alone, and I would need a personal trainer as well as workout classes in order to get where I need to be. Luckily it wasn’t that hard to find a personal fitness expert, and the guy was really nice. I found exercising to be dreadful, and I guess the guy could tell I wasn’t enjoying myself. So he made the suggestion to head down to the local gym, and try yoga classes. At first I wondered how a yoga studio could help me, but the guy informed me that yoga is actually really good at helping you lose weight. Yoga is also known for helping you relax, and so I decided that I was going to head down to the gym and try it tomorrow.

 

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Happy Monday to you all.

I’ll give you a good mantra to do each morning to help guide you towards more joy.

Say this out loud each day when you get up; I am lighthearted and carefree, knowing all is well. These words speak the truth and maybe can help you realize that everything is fine and that is the truth so stop lying to yourself. Sometimes, especially when we are alone for a period of time, we can go down these rabbit holes of thought and worry and make it seem like life is worse than it really is. My HVAC supplier gave me a great book one day and I read it whenever I need a bit of inspiration. The book is from Wayne Dyer and is called Wisdom of the Ages and is a great book for life wisdom from some of the greatest minds in history. I learned about this book when he came to do some heating maintenance on my unit one day. We were talking about life and I was telling him about all of my problems when he mentioned this book. When he finished cleaning the HVAC system in my flat I had already ordered the book online and it arrived the next day. I’ve read the book a few times and it has definitely helped me to look at things in a clearer way. I am also looking at my thermostat in a clearer way because we also replaced the old dial thermostat with a new wifi type one that is very accurate.

 

 

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This poor little black cat I got a few weeks ago has been hiding under the sofa the whole time.

It only comes out at night when I go to sleep to eat and use the litter box.

Recently, the litter has been smelling really strong so I think maybe the cat is not feeling the best. I think I’ll give it another week and if it still smells then I will have to take the cat to the vet. I’m trying to avoid this because it isn’t cheap but if the cat is sick then I’ll need to take him in. I think the air quality in my house could be improved by getting some kind of air purifier to help remove the smell but I need to get to the heart of the problem and why is it smelling so much. I clean the litter a few times a day but it shouldn’t smell this bad. Maybe I can run my central heat and air unit and see if the HEPA filter helps to remove some of the odor. I feel sorry for this poor cat that just stays under the sofa all by itself instead of coming out and playing and having fun. It’s own fear has made it a prisoner. Maybe this is a good lesson about life for me too, don’t let fear paralyze you from living a better life. I think my HVAC system can remove the smell so I will give it a shot today and let it run all day to clean the air.

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Today is Monday and I am going to my last physical therapy appointment for my shoulder.

I had some shoulder pain in my left shoulder from my volleyball serve.

They did some ultrasound therapy which uses some kind of energy wave to help bring blood to the injured area. I also use Biofreeze gel to cool it down after playing and it is proving to work quite well in the healing process. I haven’t played much the past month because the pain was too intense but I played eight games yesterday with very little pain. I still need more rest though. My air purifier may need some rest too as I have been running it nonstop since getting this stinky cat. It’s litter box has been smelling quite a lot even with me cleaning it regularly, which makes me wonder if the cat has some kind of bacterial infection or something. I have an ionizer type air purifier which removes some of the smell from the litter box but I need to get to the root of the problem. The issue is that the cat never lets me come near it or even see it because it is so scared for some reason. Maybe the sound of the electric heating system turning on scares it but it really isn’t that loud that the cat should be afraid. I’ve had it for three weeks so I guess I need to relax and give it a few more months to warm up to me. I may buy a new quieter heating unit soon so that could actually solve the problem.

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I am going to hit the beach soon for my breakfast and cold sea dip.

I eat an apple with kefir each morning on the bench near the sea and just relax and enjoy the start of the day.

I have a fairly easy day today as I have already done most of my work and it is only eight in the morning. I like taking a cold dip to wake me up and energize me so I can be more productive during the day. I can drink five cups of coffee but it doesn’t match the cold sea. I need to call the HVAC business today and see if they can help me with my unit. It has been running a lot to do the same thing it did last year while running very little. I think that it needs to be cleaned or something and just want to bring in an HVAC repairman who knows how to solve the problem quickly. It could take me two days of working on it to figure out the problem which would be just a big waste of time for me because I could make more money working online. And besides, the local contractor is a friend of mine who has a big family and I like to help him out whenever I can. He is a good guy and he has helped me when I really needed it during the middle of the summer when my unit decided it didn’t want to cool anymore. Thank God for air conditioning that works well!

 

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I think today is going to be an easy rest day for me because yesterday I played a ton of volleyball and then followed it up with two hours of beating on the drum. I feel pleasantly tired today but know that I need to rest and relax and get in the cold water sea for a few dips to ease my aching muscles and joints. I am watching my Ethereum crypto today because it was down quite a lot yesterday and I was afraid it might be crashing hard. But today it seems to be bouncing back again. I was wondering if they make a combination heater and cooling unit for houses. I know that they make separate units but can you buy a portable one that does both? I also wonder if they will ever come out with a washing machine that also dries the clothes after without needing to put them in a separate dryer, it seems doable. I was a process engineer working in a HVAC company that built AC units and knew quite a lot about the manufacturing processes and I believe they could design a washing machine that could drain all of the water and switch to drying mode with hot air. I think I need to change my old thermostat soon because it seems to be way off on the temperature when I set it. It’s one of those old dial units and I think it needs some calibration. It will probably be cheaper to just buy a new smart thermostat and toss the old one out.

 

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I like to wake up early when it is still dark and quiet in my town.

I go to bed by 10pm usually so I am up most mornings by 6am.

I used to hate waking up early when I was a kid and couldn’t imagine wanting to get out of bed without an alarm clock or the wet towel treatment my stepdad would do. If we weren’t up when we should have been he would get a towel and rinse it with cold water then pull back our blanket and throw it on our stomach. It woke us up! He could have just turned on the air conditioner and done it more gradually but this way worked much faster. Kids just need more sleep than adults and maybe he was just jealous that we were able to sleep till noon if not awoken. We had a cool wood burning fireplace in that house and we would help him chop the wood and carry it in, which for me was kind of a fun process and good exercise. I wish I bought that beach house when I had the chance in 1996 when my mom put it up for sale for $140K because today it is worth 1.5 million dollars now. I can’t remember if we had central heat and air in the place when we had it built but I am sure that it is in there now. I can’t believe how much real estate has gone up over the past twenty five years or so. If I only knew then.

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