I had an interesting thought today.  For a while I’ve been thinking about how I start my day with morning pages and then I finish my day recapping things.  Normally recapping things that I end up going over the next day in morning pages.  I guess my point is that it’s a bit redundant. I’ve been reluctant to quit KP and just do morning pages, but I’d like to do something a little different because I don’t feel I need to continue doing both in the same way.

Tonight I realized I should start writing short story every day.  Every day.  I seem to do much better when I’m updating things on a daily basis.  That way I know I’ve got to do it everyday and I do.  If I try to do something once a week it never actually works.  Writing a short story every day would also help me not over think them or worry about having to write something perfect. Instead, I’d just bang out everyday and that would be that. Not a whole lot of thought beforehand and I’d hopefully get past the pressure or writer’s block or whatever it is that’s keeping me from doing it now. Everyday without fail I write short story.  It could be one paragraph or 5 pages. Maybe some days I’ll use to rewrite a story I wrote on a different day by making it different in some way.  I imagine if I start doing this on a regular basis I’ll get pretty good at whipping out stories that are pretty meaningless, but fun.  And, it would be great practice.  I’m going to think about this more tomorrow and figure out where I should post them. I could keep them on my computer in a file or I could make a new account somewhere and use that to post them. Hell, I could even re-purpose KP and use it for the short stories I write. I think this is a really great idea and I’m pretty sure I’ll start doing it soon. I’d definitely gain a lot out of it. I’ll commit to doing it for a year. After that year I can reevaluate.  How fun!

I went to the Y tonight. First, I did 10×4 squats with the bar. I’m pretty determined to do squats with the bar for months before adding any weight. I know if I don’t I’ll only overdo it and that I’ll certainly regret. I don’t want my knees to regress. After the squats I ran 2 miles on the treadmill. I went at a pretty easy pace, but did keep increasing the speed so when I ended I was at least going faster. Once I finished running I used the elliptical machine for an hour. It was a good trip to the Y. They are not open very late on Sundays so I won’t make it there tomorrow. Now that I think about it, I probably will only make it there a twice more before I leave my parents’ house. I can’t believe I’m only a few days away from leaving. That’s a strange thought.

I had a nice reprieve today from the terrible, gross, as-big-as-a-house way I’ve been feeling about myself lately. It was nice. I hope that I have more in the near future.

Gratitude List:

An enjoyable and rewarding workout at the gym

A nice time with my mom doing some errands in town

A good idea as far as writing goes