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Daily Ramblings – Spread Your Wings Sunday – Weekly Challenge

19 Sunday Jan 2020

Posted by Dave Gardner in Spread Your Wings

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Exceed, habit, journaling, Push Yourself, Spread Your Wings, Stretch, The Mighty.com, Weekly Challenge, Win

Challenge: Write something every day that you like about yourself. 

Challenge from: The Mighty.com

Until next time…

Dave

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Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – January 2, 2019

02 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Dave Gardner in Workout Routine

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Bodybuilding, Crush 2020, Get at it, Gym time, healthy living, Push Yourself, Weights, Workouts

This week will be back in the gym!

Thursday – Sunday

  • Full Body Workouts light weights to get back in the groove
  • Cardio 20 minutes daily (Treadmill)

See you at the finish line!

Dave

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Daily Ramblings – 2020 Goals – Here We Go!

02 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Dave Gardner in Annual Goals Posting

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Accomplishment, Achievement, Attack!, Consistency, Goal Setting, New Year, Push Yourself, You Got This

Drum roll, please…

As promised, here are my goals for 2020.

My 2020 Goals:

  • Reduce Weight to 200 lbs by year’s end (weigh-in weekly)
  • 365 gym visits
  • Finish Rough Draft of my first Novel
  • Complete 12 Online Courses this year
  • Complete Computer Science Path on Codecademy this year
  • Save 1200.00 by year’s end
  • Finish Yearly Religious Discourse
  • Run 12 book discussions
  • Read 60 books this year
  • Take a personal vacation once per quarter exploring a new town each time
  • Visit the library 52 times this year
  • Follow 200 new blogs this year
  • Attain 800 followers by year’s end
  • Track goals

It will be a great year! I can’t wait to knock this stuff out. Consistency is key. Just doing a little each day can produce huge results.

What are you goals for 2020? I suggest you set a few and make them public like I do. It adds a little more pressure, and it is great how people cheer you on throughout the year once they find out what you’re trying to do.

Send me your list if you’d like or send me a link to your annual goals you post on your blog.

I wish everyone a terrific 2020, filled with love, accomplishment, good health, and success. Let’s Go!!!

Until next time…

Dave

 

 

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Daily Ramblings – Spread Your Wings Sunday – Weekly Challenges

24 Sunday Nov 2019

Posted by Dave Gardner in Spread Your Wings

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52 Small Things, Five Minute Journal, Push Yourself, Spread Your Wings, Stretch, Sunday, Weekly Challenges

Challenge #1: (Five-minute Journal) – Turn off all electronics at 9 pm. Use candles instead.

Challenge #2: (52 Small Things Weekly Challenge)If you decide to practice kindness, take this week to perform three acts of kindness: One for yourself, another for a stranger and the last for a loved one.

As always, if you finish one of these challenges, post your comments below.

Until next time…

Dave

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Daily Ramblings – Spread Your Wings Sunday – Weekly Challenges

10 Sunday Nov 2019

Posted by Dave Gardner in Spread Your Wings

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Best Friends, challenge, Do Something Different, Hobbies, Push Yourself, Spread Your Wings, Stretch Yourself

Challenge #1: My best friend is_____________. Give them a small gift. Just because (courtesy Five-Minute Journal)

Challenge #2: Set aside time for your favorite hobby. If you don’t have one, do some research and find one you are interested in. Commit to doing something with your hobby this week. (courtesy https://embracingsimpleblog.com/fifteen-30-day-challenge-ideas-will-change-life/)

As always, if you complete one of these challenges or both, reply in the comments section what you did.

Until next time…

Dave

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Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Persistence and Determination

28 Monday May 2018

Posted by Dave Gardner in Motivation Monday

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Consistency, Determination, Gym as a laboratory, Obsession, Persistence, Push Yourself, We are all unique

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

There’s another quote that is in alignment with this one: “You can’t lose if you don’t quit.” – Author unknown. Both relate to persistence. Attainment of your goals is nothing more than continuing to pursue them until you’ve achieved what you set out to do.

I’m on a major push for weight loss. I weigh myself weekly and this week there was no change on the scale. Boy, was I disappointed. I’ll continue to do two cardio sessions a day, weight lifting Mon-Friday, and continuing to adjust my diet.

This is the biggest reasons for diet failure or exercise failure I think. People follow an exercise or diet regimen as best they can and fail to get the results. They get frustrated and give up. Each of us is unique. We will all react differently to supplements, differently to various foods, and even the types of exercises we subject our bodies to. This is where using the gym “as a laboratory” makes a lot of sense. The key to success is to really evaluate what works for you and what does not work for you.

Here is my week folks:

Exercise and Diet:

Two 40-minute sessions for cardio daily (Mon-Sun)

Weightlifting Mon – Friday

Food intake: 216 grams of protein and 133 grams of carbohydrates on weight training days, on active rest days (days I don’t lift) my carb intake will dip to 119 grams.

Learning and Reading:

Udemy Nonfiction Writing Course

Wellness Course at Yale Online*

Public Policy Course with Hillsdale College*

Books I’m reading:

  • The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad Books 1 and 2
  • Stranger by the River
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  • Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
  • The Orion Plague
  • Turn Your Passion into a Business

*These courses are both free. Reach out if you’d like to learn more

Writing:

Blog Posting daily (Monday – Saturday)

Entertainment:

Listen to a lot of music throughout the week, particularly when I’m reading

Currently watching a documentary on the Civil War, by Ken Burns

Currently watching “Hell on Wheels” on Netflix

Other:

My brother is visiting this week from Arizona. I will be spending some time with him while he’s here.

Playing Diablo II (video game) with my Army buddy

I hope each of you has a great week!

Until next time…

Dave

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