It is now obvious that my ever-expanding girth is not going to go away on its own. As I watch my wife toiling away at the weights and on the treadmill I know that we are headed in opposite directions. I need a course correction. The initial formation of the 10 minute rule some 850 days ago was based upon the idea that it takes 30-90 days to form a habit. I want to try forming a new habit out of the bones of an old one. For the next 30 days I will complete some form of exercise, blogging about it in the Some Thoughts segment of the page.
Day one begins tomorrow with a detailed plan of attack. It is important that I complete some form of exercise every day and keep an accurate record of my exercise and other habits. The hardest part of my life is maintaining and reviewing a schedule enough to stick to it. Yet this is the very thing I need to master in order to be an effective manager in the workplace–the next logical progression of my profession.
From Bodyrock.tv to any number of posters and workout booklets and software, I am loaded with ways to commit and to keep it interesting. The real difficulty is in having the motivation to keep going. I can do that for 30 days.