The Man with the Iron .... will

I was very proud of myself today, because I did something today that most people just do naturally without thinking or trying every day of their lives. I made healthy food choices.

I didn't eat any sugar or chocolate, didn't drink any soda. How did I pull this off? No I'm not about to explain it I'm actually shocked. Usually when I go without it I feel like I'm missing out, and I eventually cave. This time, I feel fine. I ate some grapes during the day, those really aren't going to set me back a ton.

I think I'm finally sick of not having the body I want, it's finally dawned on me that life is tough and if I want to live to 100 then I have to just be relaxed, I shouldn't need to do things to be relaxed. Besides not eating, another thing I didn't do today is watch TV. I watched an episode with dinner but that was of a show I had already seen in the past, and that was mainly so that I could spend time with my parents. During the day, I sat at the dinner table (the table that's full of newspapers, bills and junk mail) and I ate. I listened to a podcast called "Stuff you should know" , and I highly recommend it. Not only are the hosts talented at researching articles and conveying knowledge, they're also quite funny and tend to play around with making statements that are utter nonsense. Every now and then you'll hear this nugget of nonsense and you can't help but laugh, it's a classic style of humour that isn't used that often today.

I didn't manage to practice guitar today, but that's okay. I'll keep up with my Sarnecki readings (the one page I do every night) and then I'll go to bed happy. I worked out today, did 4 rounds on the bag (shut up, I was exhausted) so I should sleep fairly well tonight. I have a practice exam tomorrow for the Step 3, and the target is 400. I might make it, if I do a little worse then no big deal, but if I do better it will be a huge confidence boost so I'm hoping for the best here. I'll play some guitar afterward, if it goes well. If not, I'll try not to get myself down, I've been studying for the thing for a month and a half now so it's not like I could have done anything different. It's all about guts with these exams. You have to pick the best strategy, and you have to study everything quickly and get the test done and passed, preferably with a high score. It has to be studied for quickly though, can't take 9 or 10 months because you don't have that kind of down time. It takes ... an iron will.