so don't sit back and watch the days go by
are you ever gonna live before you die
and when things fall apart
the world has come undone
leave it all behind
leave the loneliness alone
you wait forever blind

Days Go By - Lifehouse

 

Ok, I have only a finite amount of time (4 months 1 week) to accomplish the following:

• Test for Ni Dan in Naginata
• Finish the Kaplan course and take the GRE
• Run the triathlon in June (and all the work involved in getting my lazy fat ass ready for that)
• Finish the basic running sequence at least twice (5 weeks each)
• Start taking tango lessons with the Stanford tango club
• figure out if I can take classes at Stanford to finish my BA in anthropology before I can apply for an MA in anthropology.

in talking with my trainer, he pointed out that I am trying to do too much at one time. It took a week of being continually exhausted to realize that he’s right (don’t you hate it when someone is right about your own actions?)

So I’m having to pair down what I want to do… and do it drastically.  The question is what to take out and what to keep till the end of the spring semester (sometime in March)

• Test for Ni Dan in Naginata
• Finish the Kaplan course and take the GRE

These two have to get done both because the timing is not my own and because they are important enough that any delay will be dangerous both personally and in terms of reaching the goals that they each mean.

• Run the triathlon in June (and all the work involved in getting my lazy fat ass ready for that)

This is an ongoing objective that will be met shortly before I am to leave for UGA. I am keeping this positive attitude that I will be accepted, it’s one of the things that keep me going forward with a smile.

• Finish the basic running sequence at least twice (5 weeks each)

This is just for fun (and who the hell thought I’d say running is just for fun). Running is helping me get in much better shape than I thought it would, so it’s worth keep the pace up. It’ll also help me for the triathlon so it’s another reason to move ahead with it.

• Start taking tango lessons with the Stanford tango club
• figure out if I can take classes at Stanford to finish my BA in anthropology before I can apply for an MA in anthropology.

These 2 can wait a little longer. They are the backups to what I’m really wanting to do. The tango is another way to stay busy and the classes at Stanford are a way to keep my brain from rotting.