No Bad Days!

I'm really sticking to my goal of keeping this blog updated. Good for me....or something....durrr. Seriously though, I am glad that I am able to update this thing because I find writing to be therapeutic. It clears your mind and you are able to convey your thoughts more clearly. Not to mention that you have a time line to come back and reflect on certain parts of your life.

Thank goodness for days off! I think I worked something like nine or 10 days in a row due to the new hires at work. It wasn't that bad really but it is nice to have some time off to just kick back and decompress. I went to a buddies house last night and watched the fights and just hung out and relaxed. I thought Shane Mosely was going to win after seeing him in the first couple of rounds and then his age kicked in. It sucks he lost but what can you do? I always get hyped up watching contact sports. It's in my blood. Eventually I will get back to my roots and start grappling here locally but for now I've got work to do! My training partner and I torched legs today. It got me coining the title of my blog for today. As we were training, it just came me to say out loud "No bad days". This is pretty darn true. What really allows you to have a bad day? Everything you do is in your control. How you react to a situation determines how you think. You can control that, and with that comes that term. It's going to be my mantra for the time being. I've got so much going on these days and so much coming up that it's very inspiring to say the least. It was a really great day all around. My parents are in town and I met them this morning and we went to church followed by just visiting with them which is something I always feel I need to do more of. I'll be going down in a week to see them again which is always fun!

The diet is going well although I'm kicking it up another notch. I fared well through the toughest part of the week. Each day I look at what I have to do and then go after it. For some reason where I'm at right now is beyond motivating.

Brussel sprouts should come with a warning. Well, maybe they have a secret contract with Glade or something. I mean I love those darn things but they are not kind to digestive track. They are part of my favorite meal of the day which is 8oz buffalo or grass fed beef and a cup and a half of sprouts! So tasty!

I'm starting to realize how blessed I am as of late. Everything seems to be falling into place. School, PT stuff, my friends, training, work, and my family. One thing I always try to do is tell people around me that I am thankful for what they have done or help me do. I think once you start to focus on what you have instead of what you don't have, everything becomes very clear.

School is over! Two tests and then I'm done for a while. Yippity skippity!

Video of Dan Gable. I actually have this tape. It's very motivational. I just love the way he can't get over the fact that his athlete didn't want to beat his opponent. When I was in Iowa training, I'll never forget the way coach Gable yelled at us. It wasn't yelling out of anger or resentment, but rather a tone of "WORK!!!!!" he never wanted to see anyone let up even for the last second. Heaven forbid he caught you looking at the clock to see how much time was left, you'd be running stairs in Carver Hawkeye Arena for days. Being Gable trained meant you went just as hard from the first whistle to the last and you don't stop until you are stopped. That's an intensity that I still marvel at to this day.