Archive for July 9th, 2010
“Do or do not. There is no try.”
This week, my sister and I endured the most awesome of all geeky gifts – all two and a half hours of “Star Wars: In Concert.” Since both her boyfriend and Darrin are both huge nerds fans, I got them tickets for their birthdays, and got a ticket for my sister so that I wouldn’t have to go alone.
I have to say that I enjoyed the movies, as a whole. Do I get into the whole fangirl stuff? No. But I do admire the fact that someone thought of this whole entire WORLD all by themselves. So, needless to say, I think everyone enjoyed the concert.
It did make me miss playing music, though. There’s a lot of horn in John Williams’ scores, and I got nostalgic for my days in orchestras.
One section of the concert was devoted to Yoda, of course. And while we were driving home from the concert, one quote was sticking in my head.
“Do, or do not. There is no try.”
Being that I’m particularly centered around my health right now, I related that quote to my current and past state. It seems a little extremist, but I like the pure logic behind the words. There’s no grey area here – there’s no excuses, no explanations. Just actions. Responsibility. That appeals to me.
I haven’t been eating the best lately. Not terrible, and I’m definitely not beating myself up about it, but not the best either. I’ve missed a couple of workouts, again not beating myself up about that either. But I do know where this path heads – and I don’t think that my good habits are sufficiently formed to rely entirely upon them to avoid this path.
I’m making new goals for myself, because I don’t want to “try” at being successful. I’m GOING to be.
- I will continue eating clean, with one treat meal a week.
- I will exercise 5 days a week.
- I will go down one full size by November.
I know that these have been said before, but repeating them is worth it. I know I’ve fallen off (or, at the least am tottering a little), and I need to focus in order to acheive the goals I want. I refuse to set myself up for failure.