10-16-2020, 04:46 AM
Stage 3, Day 6
I'm still not sure exactly what Stage 3 is doing. It feels emotionally lighter but cerebrally heavier, if that makes any sense. One word that keeps coming to mind as I ponder Stage 3 is "freedom". There's something about it that feels liberating. But I can't pinpoint what the source of that feeling is. In any case, I like it. As my brain adjusts to the load, it should get even better.
I've been active every day this week. I'm not doing anything hardcore, but I've been consciously deciding to leave work at a reasonable time, go home, and work out. During Stage 2, work was practically an obsession for me. Now, my work/health ratio seems to be tipping toward a better balance.
As I wrote this out, it became pretty clear what Stage 3 is doing. It's freeing me of the obsession(s) I acquired during Stage 2. The motivation is still there, but the obsession is being trimmed away. As an analogy, I would compare Stage 2 to a bodybuilding bulk cycle and Stage 3 to a cut. Considering the fact that I've been working out every day and the analogy I just gave, I can't help but wonder if my subconscious has been trying to explain to me what it has been doing..."Yo...NOMAD...in addition to moving toward the goal, I'm using exercise to illustrate the progress we're making toward that goal...hello...McFly..."
My conscious mind can be dense sometimes.
I'm still not sure exactly what Stage 3 is doing. It feels emotionally lighter but cerebrally heavier, if that makes any sense. One word that keeps coming to mind as I ponder Stage 3 is "freedom". There's something about it that feels liberating. But I can't pinpoint what the source of that feeling is. In any case, I like it. As my brain adjusts to the load, it should get even better.
I've been active every day this week. I'm not doing anything hardcore, but I've been consciously deciding to leave work at a reasonable time, go home, and work out. During Stage 2, work was practically an obsession for me. Now, my work/health ratio seems to be tipping toward a better balance.
As I wrote this out, it became pretty clear what Stage 3 is doing. It's freeing me of the obsession(s) I acquired during Stage 2. The motivation is still there, but the obsession is being trimmed away. As an analogy, I would compare Stage 2 to a bodybuilding bulk cycle and Stage 3 to a cut. Considering the fact that I've been working out every day and the analogy I just gave, I can't help but wonder if my subconscious has been trying to explain to me what it has been doing..."Yo...NOMAD...in addition to moving toward the goal, I'm using exercise to illustrate the progress we're making toward that goal...hello...McFly..."
My conscious mind can be dense sometimes.
