I wanted to have walked 600 miles by the end of April. I fell short by 4 miles. so far this year I have walked 602 miles. Progress Summary Report for wormlelo Count: 134 Activities Distance: 602.63 mi Time: 156:31:07 h:m:s Elevation Gain: 7,554 ft Avg Speed: 3.8 mph Calories: 68,181 C Today as I walked listening to my Steely Dan radio station on Pandora I heard a song by the Eagles, Take It Easy. When I was young I used to this phrase as my mantra, "Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy". Lately I have had to start using it again so that I can ease up on a few of my self made goals for my exercising activities. It is OK to have golas, but you do not have to be obsessive about meeting them all of the time. Hence the phrase "Take It Easy".
This blog entery gets it title from a phrase in the song Accidents by Thunderclap Newman . I have come to realize that my attitude towards life was shaped in a large way by the music that I listened to as a teen. This song did not fully materialize into my consciousness until after I had completed the Landmark Forum . Once I realized that I could make up games and set goals for myself to help me get what I wanted out of life I truly felt liberated. The key paradigm shift to the accidents song is that when you are complaining about the game you need to hear this as being coached by yourself or your environment. Let me give you a real life example. Right now I am playing a game that I have not played in a long time. The first time that I played this game was when I lived in Portland Oregon. The name of the game is Bike Commute more miles to work than you drive your truck to work . The rules are simple, I will ride my bike to work more than I drive my truck to work. Instead of com...
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