13 December 2023

While running at the gym this week, I had to stop to catch my breath. Ok, I probably didn’t “have to”, but I was feeling sluggish and it’s better to be healthy with slow improvements than attempt a big feat and be on the disabled list for a couple days. After my breather, I got back on the treadmill to continue running, then towards the end of my workout one of the children care givers found me because the baby had a potty, so it may have been for the best. Who knows what condition I would have been in when I needed to switch back to dad mode if I hadn’t taken a breather. All of that combined to feel like an underwhelming work out, everyday can’t be better than the last, these challenges are part of the journey. The master has failed more times than the apprentice has tried. Avoiding failure means never trying again and that is a worse fate. While running I’ve been listening to 50 Cent’s audiobook Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter, I started listening to audiobooks a couple years ago while I was mowing the lawn, during the Summer I mow a couple hours a week. Then when the baby was born there were endless nights of rocking her to sleep, it was nice to have a story going in one ear as I sat in a dark room. I don’t know much about 50 Cent, there’s a couple radio hits I’m familiar with and I know he’s created a persona on Instagram. I’ve mostly followed him from a businessman perspective, over the years interviews with 50 have come across my way, especially when Eminem is in them. The personality I connect with is the one trying to improve, even if he finds success in one area then he’s going to branch into something new. There’s always more to be found if we keep going.