Do You

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 Good day here, dad had some minor surgery everything went well he is home and comfortable.  I was glad to be here to help out running pharmacy to the  up his meds etc.  Then I went on to the park, 27° and did 4 miles.  It was very brisk but I did it.

My thoughts for today were inspired my another podcast.  I am not usual of a fan of the thought; do you.  It just goes against my grain, I usually like to think of others first.  But what this talk was about was discovering in yourself the time of the day when you are most productive and in what setting.  This is actual easy for me to answer, I do best in the morning and when it is quiet.  I am very much early to bed early to rise.  I know this about myself that if I veer off of my ideal schedule it throws me and I just don't accomplish everything that I want.

The other note I took away from the podcast was to stop letting yourself feel guilt because of what others are accomplishing or doing. The expectations, be it friends working out ten times a day to your one or what people are posting on social media, it is up to me to know what I need to do to "do me".  Everything  in life does not need to be a competition.  I think this is why I personnel back down from competitive activities, I am afraid of failure or that I can't do as many miles, repetitions, laps etc. as someone else.  This is okay, it has to be because we are all very different people!!!  As my youngest son said so long ago as a little child when I tried to get him to eat his vegetables, and I quote, "we all have different taste, don't cha know?"  God made us all different and it is okay!

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