Oolong and Oatmeal

So today I woke up super excited to go to the gym. Ok, well, I woke up groggy, hungry and wishing it was 7:30 instead of 6:30, but once I got going, I was excited to go to the gym. Ever since I started this journey of getting healthy my workouts have become much more challenging and fun.

They've gotten quicker too. I now do a complete workout in about 45 min. Ok, well, somedays I take longer, but when I'm motivated I get them done quick. (I should say, the workouts I'm talking about are my weight days, 3 a week, cardio takes longer and is far more tedious.) I like it this way because I feel like 45 min is a good break from my work day, but it doesn't get me too much out of my work flow.

Once it was actually time to get to they gym, things were different. I am lucky enough to have an office, with a door that closes at work. I don't take this for granted. The office has those horrible lights that are way too blue and way too bright. But the door closes. Like, all the way. To deal with the lights I bought a few super cheap can lights that sit on my desk and make it nice and dark. Everyone calls it my cave. When they turn on the AC (which I can't control so sometimes I'm either too cold or too hot, but the door closes) I'm comfortably cold, in the dark.

Today I had a nice cup of a new oolong tea I ordered, I was listening to some Bach (no, for reals, I love classical music, but that's probably another post) and I had the little lights on, and well, I just didn't want to go to the gym. 

But I went.

I didn't have the greatest workout ever. But I did the thing anyway. It got me thinking (uh-oh) about how lots of stuff in our lives can be like that. There are lots of times when I don't feel like doing something, but I either have to or I know I should do it so I do. Usually (not always) I'm glad that I did. Whether that's in my recovery, or going to small group, or hitting the gym, or writing for this blog or any number of things. Just doing something when I'm excited about it is easy peasy. 

But the trick is doing something when I'd much rather sit in my office in the dark with a nice cup of tea. Or whatever. You understand.

I think that that's what discipline is going to look like for me from now on. Discipline is going to be doing the thing I know I need to do, even, and especially when, I don't want to. 

All that to say, I went to the gym, had a B- workout and I'm super glad that I did.

Now get out of my office. And close the door behind you.