Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Unbreakable

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Dedication, Discipline, Drive, Games, Gaming Your Work, Motivation Monday, Techniques, Tenacity, Tools, Tricks

Today’s the day you stand up and tell the world, “Nothing you throw at me will break me.” I included this inspiring sound track from YouTube, titled “Unbreakable”, and hope you find it as inspiring as I did. It’s long (about 48 minutes), but worth it. Music has always been a great source of motivation and inspiration to me. I listen to different types of music to work on different things. When I am reading, I listen to quiet music. When I’m in the gym or working out, I listen to Rock. When I am just sitting in my chair with my eyes closed, I listen to classical or jazz.

If you’ve never used music to exercise, think, or knock out your daily tasks, give it a whirl. It really makes a huge difference.

My workout routine will involve full body with exercise bands this week. I’ll do this Monday-Friday. For cardio it’ll either be a walk around the block, my supine bicycle, or doing some stairs in my home.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Announcements

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ambitious, Determination, Discipline, Drive, habit, motivation, Ritual, Routine, Routines, workout

Hi all! First, it’s Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday today! We in the U.S. declared it a national holiday a while back. This means I get an extra day off this week. That being said, here’s a few announcements:

1. I’ll continue working through the spiritual laws on Saturday’s posting, but giving myself Saturday or Sunday to put it up.
2. My workout this week will be the same as the last few weeks as I get this body back into condition after taking the bulk of December off. This week, I’ll be doing a full-body exercise band workout with 3 instead of 2 sets.
3. I’ll be combining my workout routine and some other things I have scheduled for the week into one posting instead of two. So Motivation Monday will have a great quote, cool video, or something else I find that wakes me up in the morning and continue to pass those off, adding my workout routine and anything else I feel is appropriate for the beginning of the week.

For those of you in the U.S. enjoy the end of your long weekend.

Here’s a Wikipedia article on MLK for your reference, if you are interested in reading about him. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Home Workouts

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Adapt, conistency, Dedication, Discipline, Home Workouts, Improvise, Innovate, modify, Overcome

For many of you, gyms are still closed or opening and closing intermittently as our governments both federal and state tackle how to solve the COVID enigma. For us, it’s about choosing systems and processes that compensate for this chaos and introduce stability in our lives. Exercise is no different.

I adopted the use of exercise bands, so I could duplicate what I do in the gym to the home. Cardio is a no-brainer. Walk up your stairs a few times and your heart rate will jump up quite nicely. You can also take walks outside to get out of your house for a bit.

My workout this week, will duplicate last week’s, but add another set. So this week, I’ll be hitting all the big muscle groups (legs, back, chest, and abs) and smaller groups (arms, shoulders, and calves). So each day I’ll be doing two sets of each exercise for a full-body workout Monday – Saturday. I always take Sunday off from exercise, other than chores and walking around while shopping or running errands.

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Saturday – The Law of Grace

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Discipline, earn, God, Grace, heaven, Jesus, Karma, realization, Work

Jesus said, “Come unto me and be lifted up.” Many assume God’s grace comes to us merely by asking for it. It does, but only when we make some effort to attain it. You only get what you earn. Nothing is given freely.

It is so easy to see really bad people doing bad things and wondering why they never have to pay the price. They do. Karma has no time limit when it comes to paying back our debts. Karma always wins. People think they are getting away with cheating on their taxes, cheating on their loved ones, or pretending they are doing something noble, but in the end, Karma always comes back to bite us–in this lifetime or the next or the next or the next.

“Soul exists because God loves it.” – Sri Harold Klemp. These words have changed meaning as I have matured on the spiritual path of ECKANKAR. Gods love is much different from the love you have for your pets or loved ones. It is an impersonal and powerful love. As I have mentioned earlier, the body Soul occupies (the one you exist in today), is meaningless to God. It is only a shell that Soul uses to learn while it is here.

God’s love is for Soul, which is imperishable. But Soul must work, discipline itself, and put effort into realizing the grace of God that is already there, ready for the taking. How do you realize it? You have to attain a state of consciousness that aligns with the ECK, or what many call the Holy Spirit. Imagine loving your enemy, as Jesus did and said. This is God’s love. God doesn’t care whether you are an evil person, a good person, a hard worker, or a sloth. God’s love comes to everyone equally. IT doesn’t play favorites. Some of the ignorant may think he chooses them over another, or favors them over another, but these are absolute falsehoods. God’s love is equally distributed to all.

God’s love comes like a wave. This wave goes out into creation and returns back to IT. Everyone gets God’s grace, but few recognize it, because they lack the ability to realize it. What does realization mean? It means that you believe in something and accept it wholeheartedly. You know. There are few in this plane of existence that have attained God realization, or the actual experience of God, but it is attainable. Those that have, have a different experience of life than the rest of us. They see the beauty in the simple things. They see God in everything.

Well, I’ll end this little talk here. I hope all of you have a terrific day!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of November 15, 2020.

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50/50 workout, Biceps, Discipline, Exercise, healthy living, Jim Stoppani, Workout Routine

This week, we’re going to change things up again. I’m going to kick into a 50/50 workout to work on my biceps.

Monday – Sunday: 2 sessions 50 reps bicep curls.

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of November 9, 2020

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Consistency, Dedication, Discipline, Exercise, Exercise Bands, Routine, Tabata routine, workout

Welcome to my Workout Routine for the week of November 9, 2020. As we approach the harsh winter in Michigan, I am much more prepared than last year. Each year, we get some big snows. This makes driving really difficult and treacherous. To avoid that risk, I purchased some exercise bands from Bodylastic, and I am very pleased.

I’ve also been studying some of Jim Stoppani’s work. One of Jim’s biggest insights is that sitting is the new smoking. I couldn’t agree more. My life is very sedentary, now that I’m retired. I exercise daily, but discovered through Jim’s website (jimstoppani.com) that he follows a rule where he is doing an activity above his daily workout routine. This week, I’m going to incorporate that. This will add some variety to my workout and let me focus on one body-part each day.

Because I have an Apple Watch, I am reminded to stand up every hour. I’ll use this as my cue to do some exercise. Here’s my schedule for the week:

Monday – Legs

Tuesday – Back

Wednesday – Chest

Thursday – Shoulders

Friday – Arms

Saturday – Abs and Calves

Sunday – Off

I’ll be mixing in some Tabata work in as well. My Tabata format will be:

8 minutes of exercise (20 seconds exercise, 20 seconds rest)

That’s it, folks! Have a great week!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of Nov 9, 2020

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Consistency, Dedication, Determination, Discipline, Do what you love, Focus, Motivation Monday

It’s the beginning of the week, and we’ve got to get moving!

Here’s my routine for the week:

Reading daily; Writing daily; Exercise Daily; Spiritual tasks daily; Learning daily; and Posting quotes/blogging daily.

One of my favorite tasks each day is programming. I am really enjoying Python. I’ve been at it for a year, and now I’m starting to feel some comfort with it. I’ve still got more to learn, but I’m getting there.

Have a great week, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of November 2, 2020.

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Consistency, Determination, Discipline, Drive, motivation, Resilience, Resistance, will

Alright! Here we are! It’s Monday and we are facing another week!

Here’s my schedule:

Writing daily (blog, journaling, research, school, and book)

Coding daily (Python Course, Udemy)

Reading daily (Books, nonfiction and fiction)

Socializing daily (Social media, phone calls, Video calls)

Exercising daily (See Workout Routine)

Spirituality daily (discourses, Bible, contemplation)

Entertainment daily (movie, gaming)

That’s all I got for now, folks. Have a great week!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of October 26, 2020

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Cardio, Cardio Respiratory, Consistency, Dedication, Discipline, motivation, Running, Treadmill, Walking

This week, folks, it’s cardio, cardio, cardio. I’ve been feeling a little winded during my weight routines and going to tackle getting my cardio fitness built back up. This week, I’m going to do solid cardio for the entire week.

Mon-Saturday: Cardio 30 minutes (Treadmill)

That’s all I got.

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Week of October 26, 2020

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Arthur Ashe, Dedication, Discipline, Do, Drive, Executing, motivation, Planning, Resilience, Start, Use

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

I used to use so many excuses. Why I couldn’t do this or that. Have you ever felt that? If so, use this quote for motivation.

Start where you are. We are all some place. Think about what you want to do this week. Think about how you will accomplish these things. Plan then out, get them on your calendar and execute. Just assume you’ll get them done. If something appears to be too complicated, plan it out, break it down. Maybe you only do one step this week. Next week, you’ll tackle the next step(s).

If you’re a creative and stuck, don’t worry. There are no rules surrounding creativity. Some days you’ll be on fire, other days, you’ll be thinking how to move forward. Just keep thinking and working as best you can. You’ll get there.

This week, I’ll be doing my homework, exercising, doing my spiritual exercises, doing some chores around the house, reading, writing, learning. I’ll do some socializing, now that Michigan is predominantly opened back up. The libraries and coffee shops are open again–Thank God!

Sometimes, when I feel like I’m in a rut, I’ll head out to the library or one of my local coffee shops and work there. This year was tough getting out, but now that things are opening again, I’ll be back at it on a weekly basis.

Mondays for some folks are absolute torture. This used to be the way I felt too, especially when I was still working. How did I turn that around? I began doing the same things every day of the week, other than my “Do Nothing Day.” When I did this, Monday was just another day.

Well, that’s all I got for this week, folks. I hope all of you have a terrific week! Get out there and get at it. You’re the only one that can.

Until next time…

Dave