Finding Myself

I finished listening to A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and I wished it wouldn't end. But I always feel that way about good books. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a book to read or audiobook to listen to. I would have happily read it (and could have finished it far faster), but I wanted something I could listen to when I was travelling around and unable to sit down and read a physical book.

The book spoke about many people who devoted decades and sometimes their whole lives to studying and researching one thing. I wish I could find such a passion in one thing. But few things seem to hold my attention for longer than a few weeks let alone years.

I have this desperate urge to be really good at something, yet I don't do anything to try to achieve this. Instead, I find interest in everything and dabble in this and that. Perhaps I could have been a good drawer if I kept going to art classes and practiced more. Perhaps I could have been a ballerina if I continued to take ballet classes at the tender age of 3.

Instead I'm finding myself lost (sounds like quite the oxymoron), and I don't like it.

But as I said in my previous post, I'm turning a new leaf. Let's make something happen. Any progress is better than none.

So far I've either eaten fast food once or not at all. I can't even remember the start of the week. And I shall not be eating any this weekend. Hand on heart.

In light of recent news, i.e. the Logies. Actually, first let me preface this with the statement that I don't watch much television, and when I do, it's rarely Australian television.
I have never watched the Logies but I am so glad that Waleed Aly won.
He and his wife Susan Carland are two of the most inspiring people I've ever heard speak.

I watched the below video 3-4 years ago and to this day I've never heard such a succinct and accurate explanation of the human condition. Also note the video has ~500 views last time I checked and it definitely deserves more, as pointed out by the only commenter on the video.




Also this reminds me, the last 2 'presentations' I had to do, I think I was much less nervous that I have been in the past. My voice broke far fewer times and my face didn't turn as red as usual. Baby steps, right? I'll get there.

Sleep calls.

Love Lisa.

Step Towards Health

And away from CVD and diabetes. I'm starting to get quite concerned. As the years pass, my metabolism is slowing, eating bad is making feel incredibly sluggish and I'm definitely putting on weight. Ever since the start of last year, my overall health has definitely plummeted to an all time low.

So the current goals are:

• Run 5km under 30min (PB so far is 4km in 26:14)
• Go to gym twice a week (at the start of last year I was going every second day -__-)
• Eat fast food <1 a week, and then I want to decrease this to once a fortnight (sounds easy enough, but I'm a glutton)

Achievable, right?! :D

Love Lisa.