- Now that I am back to working out daily, I have found I am (still) my best self when I work out in the morning.
- I’m so glad I’ve released myself from tracking a lot of the things I used to track (my workouts, my weight, etc.), which started out as fun, then became obsessive. Someone I follow on Instagram posted a map where they are tracking all their rock hides across the states and I thought it was cool for them, but it was a bit triggering for me because it’s something I would have tracked before but don’t want to anymore. It’s cool when your painted rocks go someplace else, and I am happy to help other people reach their “states or countries hid in” goals, but I don’t need to keep track of it for me. (All that being said, I am still tracking a lot of stupid stuff (how many rocks I’ve painted/gifted/donated/hid, movies watched, etc.), but it at least brings me joy.)
- A wonderful side effect of focusing on my health this year is being less focused on Instagram and more focused on real life. When I stopped running I replaced that free time with painting and being on Instagram, which is fun, and I’ve made so many amazing friendships on there, but it was time to step back a bit!
- We have a long trip to Los Angeles coming up and I was feeling pretty nervous about it, and thought it was just because I’d be away from home for so long. Then as I started to plan more of the trip I realized it was because I wanted to make the most of our time there. Now that I have an idea of what we’ll be doing, I feel better! (Although I just checked my email and the first Airbnb – the one that lied about its location – canceled on us, so now I need to find a place to stay with a few days notice in an area that is having a convention… the good news is that Airbnb sent us a list of similar places.).
- We’ve been back in the office for almost a year now, and I have reached the point of being a bit irritated about going in just to go in. But, the socialization on office days is nice, and we have a very flexible schedule that I am grateful for. It’s just that darn long commute.
- I’m excited to see if the TV adaptation of Daisy Jones and the Six is any good! It comes out tomorrow!
- I can’t take Apollo’s crying in the morning. He starts doing it after he finishes his meal, which is right when I am sitting down to work and reading through emails. I know he just wants attention, and I feel bad. But the timing, brah!
- I applied to be a Goodr ambassador and was not selected (which is fine!) but when they sent the rejection email they did not bcc all the rejects so they started this huge (annoying) group email chain – over 90 emails to 200+ people. Goodr sent an apology about that (not bccing and the flood of emails) and offered us free sunglasses. Woo hoo! Silver lining! (I muted the conversations)
Link to Random Thoughts Thursday 394
I’m working on getting out of the Tracking Trap. Yes it was fun at the time to track all of my running stats but eventually it just became a data dump that I wasn’t doing anything with. The big “ah-ha moment” came after I stopped running and I found myself picking up my phone and not having anything to do on it because all of a sudden I wasn’t looking at 3 different running apps multiple times a day. I’ve been tracking my food for about 6 months to try to get some insight on my weight and yes there was a purpose when I started but I think I’ve kind of gotten all of the info that there is to get and now it serves no purpose. I guess that’s the bottom line to figure out if I should track something or not==>if “what gets measured gets achieved” then what’s the achievement that I’ve gotten from the things that I’m tracking? Definitely something for all of us to think about!
You get me! That was the thing – I was tracking things here, on my watch, and on a separate spreadsheet… all for the same thing! I very much value my free time and I can’t believe I was spending it on that! LOL.
And that is a great way to consider it – did the tracking do what it was supposed to and am I just being obsessive (me, not you, ha) now?
I think this is a great discussion about what to track, when to track, and when do we get what we need out of tracking and can move on? I am mostly obsessive about tracking what I’m reading and where my money is going. I want to figure out a way to track what I’m spending in a LESS obsessive way (i.e., not tracking EVERYTHING but only the parts of my finances that I want to get under control). And that’s because I do feel like I understand where my money is going now, and want to better understand how to help rein in some of my more problematic areas. Something to think about for sure!
I will be interested to hear how you still track it but track it less! Because like you said, it does help, but it can get too obsessive. That is what I am doing with my workouts – just letting my watch do the work instead of having extra spreadsheets where I enter data and look at stats that don’t really help me (but did make me feel bad because I would compare to previous Kim).