Conflict of Routines

 Heyo everyone. The theme of this weeks blog will be routines, prioritization, and motivation.

Over the last couple weeks, I have slowly been getting back into my IHC daily routine of doing push-ups, sit-ups, forms, etc. and making sure I record them properly. I had assumed I would simply be able to blend my new routine with my current one and everything would work out flawlessly with no troubles what-so-ever. Obviously that's not how things work (my brain still has four years before it fully develops, so I'm going to blame that for my delusion). Although some aspects have merged together quite nicely, others mix as well as water and oil. I currently have a few spots throughout the week where I am hanging out around the college for about an hour or so waiting for my next class, and it turns out this is an excellent time to write a blog. However, my presence at the gym has decreased significantly. The mindset I have subconsciously adopted says that, I pulled off a hefty number of push-ups and sit-ups today. Instead of spending an hour or two at the gym, I can do something else (like having a nap). 

I do not like that. I want to go to the gym and I want to do more than just push-ups and sit-ups. Unfortunately, in this instance, fighting the temptation of mediocrity is something I have been very much struggling with. I have tried doing my numbers at the gym, but with my energy going towards those and not other exercises, I am just fighting the same fire in a different forest. I mean, I can do my numbers at home. Why would I go to the gym when 85% of what I have been doing are my numbers? This has been the biggest conflict of my schedules and routines that I have been working on as of late.

Figuring out the solution to this conflict is something that I have been using trial and error to try and solve, as it is a method that often works very well for me. Clearly, my priority has been my numbers. And I believe they should be. However, something I need to work out is how I can convince myself that, just because I believe my numbers are the higher priority, the gym is still a priority as well. I wish I had the willpower to say "Hey. I am done my 200 for the day. Lets go work out more", but I do not. Not yet, at least. The route of this problem can be sourced to the fact that I do not enthusiastically enjoy the gym. Do not get me wrong, I don't dislike it either. I am simply indifferent. I go simply because I wish to be better today than I was yesterday. And as I achieve this through my numbers, it has robbed me of the motivation I have been using for the last several months. To summarize, numbers are lovely, but there is still so much I can gain from the gym, I just need the motivation. 

My new plan I am putting into motion this week is only doing a partial amount of numbers at the gym. My logic is, that by convincing myself I have to do 50 push-ups and sit-ups at the gym, I'll be motivated to go and complete my numbers without using all my time and strength on them. Hey, start with 25 each, do my work out, then end with 25 each. I think it seems very doable. But, uh, I also thought everything else seemed doable, so we'll see. That's the glory of trial and error.