We all have limits in our mind minds as to how far we can push our own bodies until we give up and call it a day. In Navy Boot Camp, I know my own body is going to be pushed to the limits and that’s why I know training before I go is important to practicing pushing my own limits.
So, for the next 30 days, I’ll be exercising military-style with push-ups, sit-ups and running.
For many people, going to a military boot camp can be one of the first times in their life where their forced to wake-up early everyday.
If your body’s not used to waking up at this time, that adjustment period is going to be pretty rough. Luckily, I have a little experience waking up early, so the transition should be easy. I’m taking it one step further and conditioning myself to wake-up before my alarm goes off and immediately take action on my day.
From what I’ve read and seen on movies, most boot camps start with a playing of Reveille and the instructor yelling at recruits to get up immediately, get dressed and begin PT (Physical Training). So, for the next month, I’ll attempt to wake-up on my own, practice what it’s like moving around half asleep and implement a morning exercise program… Read More…
During my Military Entrance Processing (MEPS) on Friday, I did good on all my physicals expect my vision. I failed horribly on my depth perception test and score a 20/400 and 20/50 on my left and right eye respectively.
I’ve worn glasses for as long as I can remember. I think I was 10 when I got my first pair and I’ve worn them non-stop for the last 16 years of my life.
You can’t wear contacts or glasses in Navy Boot Camp. If you need corrective lenses they give you GI Glasses aka BC Glasses or “Birth Control” Glasses. They’re thick lenses in ugly plastic frames.
I appreciate what contacts do for my eyes, but I really see it as a lifelong dependency. The irony of corrective lenses is the more you wear them the more your vision degenerates.
So, in order to prevent a life-long dependency on glasses and make my life in the military easier,
I’m going to work on improving my vision over the next 60-days… Read More…
Grab your sun screen and world map my friend because this sailor is setting sail. After considering my options in what I want to do in my life and my career I’ve finally decided to join the Navy. Don’t get me wrong, this no easy 4-day joy cruise on the fun boat, but I believe the Navy definitely has some fantastic options when it comes to world travel, culture, and experiencing all that life has to offer.
Unlike my previous experiments, this trial is 4 YEARS LONG and requires a commit like no other. I can’t quit, I can’t change my mind, but that’s OK. Because 4 years like 30 days is not forever. Over the next 4 years of my life I’ll embark on a journey to find out what military life is all about. I’ll serve my country. Live overseas. Make some life long friends. And really make an effort to better myself and the people around me.
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My whole experience with experimenting started about 10 years ago when I, like most teenagers my age, started to get the dreaded pimples. I’ve had mild acne off and on since then and did everything under the sun to try and get rid of it. I tried Proactiv, read books, rubbed ice cubes on my face, used every available cleanser on the market…stuff would work….then stop working.
My big realization came when I read a little book called, Acne Free In 3 Days. The book recommends a basic detox diet of eating raw apples for 3 days. I tried that one out and it was amazing the types of changes that started occur inside me. Not only did I have more energy, but I my skin cleared up and I felt a calmness come over my body I’ve never felt before. Even though the results didn’t last like everything else. I had a realization.
Skin problems are internal…not external.
Putting chemicals on your face only treats the symptoms and not the causes of your skin problems. The chemicals, toxins, and hormones in cooked meat cause an imbalance in our bodies and our skins reacts by trying to eliminate them. That’s when I decided to become a vegetarian (or technically pescetarian, but most people don’t understand the difference). Immediately after I eliminated meat, I noticed my skin looked better, I lost weight, slept less and had more energy.
It was the answer I was looking for. But fast forward 3 years later. I still not where I want to be with my skin and I know this is primarily from eating and cooked foods. I’ve tried mini 1-3 day trials in the past, but this time I’m going all out…For the next 30 days, I’ll try and eat nothing but a raw diet. Read More…
Can you walk into a room of people by yourself and start a conversation with someone you don’t know?
Do you find yourself waiting for other people to introduce you or come to you all the time?
I know I do. And I’m don’t consider myself a shy person, but I know that developing this one skill in my life is going to make an incredible impact. You see, I’ve always had a good amount of friends when I was going to school, even afterward college I had that core group of people.
My friends were always there to provide me with social events, potential dating partners, and someone to talk to. But the hard part came for me when I left that I all behind to move back home. I went to college in Philadelphia, but I’m originally from Houston and I made the decision to move back home. Now, a year later, I’m struggling to expand my social network and make some new friends. I’d also like to up my dating game.
I believe that someone with the confidence and courage to walk up to anyone in any situation can truly have access to anything they want in life. Whether is new clients for a business, referrals for a new job, or dates for the weekend…someone who can brave the social awkwardness of talking to someone you don’t know can have anything they want.
I know a lot of people out there want this too. Maybe even you reading this right now. But how can a person gain the courage to bridge the gap between a stranger and a friend? I’m about to find out as a tackle 30 days of talking to strangers… Read More…
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I’ve completed my first trial of waking up early and I have to say that this one habit will change your life. I’ve gone from someone who would snooze from 6:30 till 7AM then rush to get ready and out the door to someone who can easily wake-up at 5AM start working on their blog, journal, and get a workout in all before I shower and get ready to go to work at 7:30AM.
It’s amazing what waking up early will do to change your life. What’s your biggest goal? Why have you failed to achieve it so far? One excuse you may have for yourself is that you don’t have enough time. Well I’m here to tell you that you have more than enough time and that time is right when you wake-up.
What I’ve discovered about waking up early everyday is that by doing it you create a window of time to accomplish anything you want. Most of us wake up early because we have to. We do it because someone else requires us to do it. But what if you did it because you wanted to. Now you can finally write that book you’ve always wanted to finish. What if you wrote one page a day for a year. You can finally start that business you’ve always dreamed of doing. Whatever major goal you have for yourself you can do in as little as one to two hours every morning and here’s how to do it. Read More…
The dreaded pink slip has arrived and I will be joining the 11 million other Americans in the employment lines this month. But unlike most people, I actually enjoy being fired.
Sometimes it can be all too easy for us to be stuck at a job that we don’t hate, but doesn’t inspire us. I look at being fired like hitting the reset button on our careers and giving us a chance to learn new skills, acquire new knowledge, and build new relationships.
But what makes this job search different than every other one that I’ve done is the new habits that I’ve formed since starting this blog. I know I’ll have no problem getting up at 5AM to begin working my resume after getting in a brisk workout in.
My the last time I was unemployed lasted for 6 months and I would sleep till noon everyday and I had no idea what I wanted to do or even why I wanted to do. But now that I journal everyday I have a very clear picture of who I am and where I’m headed. So come in join me as I set out in find a new job in the next 30 days… Read More…
Exercise is one of those habits that we all can benefit from regardless of our age or gender. And in order to make it a habit we need to do it everyday, so for the next 30 days I’ll be pumpin’ some iron, sweatin’ to the beat, and feeling the burn everyday.
The benefits of exercise are pretty obvious to most of us including improved appearance, more energy, reduced risk of heart attack, increased physical strength, more endurance and more confidence.
Interested in any of these? Read More…
Last night, I got to watch one of my all time favorite movies, “It’s a Wonderful Life” in spirit of the Christmas season and I realized that there’s a lot to learn from this movie. If you’ve never seen it, then here’s the basic story.
George Bailey is a hardworking banker who considers committing suicide after his uncle loses an $8,000 deposit and his bank is threatened to go bankrupt. Before he jumps to his death, his guardian angel, Clarence rescues him and gives George a preview of what his town would be like with if he never existed.
George ultimately realizes how important he is in the world and despite everything that’s happened to him, he learns to appreciate everything he has. He does the ultimate one-night trial of “What would the world be like without me?” Here’s the ending of the movie…
What the movie ultimately teaches you is that all of us really do have wonderful lives. We shouldn’t take for granted the wonderful opportunities that life presents us. Here are three valuable lessons you can learn from this movie.
We all can’t be as forunate as George Bailey see what the world is like without us, but he’s an exercise you can do with yourself. Imagine that you never existed. What would your world be like? How would the lives of your friends and family be effected? What would happen at every job you’ve ever worked at? Would people have died? Would people be less happy?
Try listing 20 of your greatest accomplishments. How would the world be like if you never did these things? This will really give you an idea of the impact you’ve had on this world and make you realize that you really do have a wonderful life.
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