[Mudpie]

Originally Posted by saef

Saturday, Dec. 31:
When I enter the yoga studio, I feel like: "Ahhh." So why don't I rouse myself up from the sofa in the early winter dark and drive through the cold rain & snow to get there? Because despite the momentum needed, and the physical discomfort, there's a reward at the end. I need to remember that.

The dark, the cold, and any combo of bad weather conditions do tend to demotivate even the most stalwart of us. I at least have a paycheque to look forward to and to motivate me every day during the winter.

Having much more money than I do you are probably not as motivated by it but maybe you can look at the yoga as your "peace" paycheque?

Dagmar

[traveling michele]

Originally Posted by traveling michele

Dec. 29: 90 minutes bikram yoga

Dec. 30: 40 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes walk

Now to decide what exercise to do tomorrow for the last workout of the year.

Totals:

26 days
1908 minutes

Dec. 31: 60 minutes spin class

Totals:

27 days
1968 minutes

[saef]

Originally Posted by Mudpie

Having much more money than I do you are probably not as motivated by it but maybe you can look at the yoga as your "peace" paycheque?

I need yoga but find it challenging and humbling, thus my ambivalence toward it.

And oh, yes, I am definitely motivated by money. My insurance did not cover the flood losses because it was only homeowners' insurance, not flood insurance. I have taken a huge hit financially. (Which is one of the reasons I'm living with my mother.) And if I were not motivated by money, I would not work at this job of mine. I'd just write poetry or fiction and work as an adjunct creative writing teacher. The thing is, I am not constituted to be happy living on the earnings that this would provide. But that's best for another thread, no? Our wants & needs and how we order our lives to fund them?