No Socks
Random Thoughts December 9th, 2006I can’t believe how easy it is to have an excuse to not go to the gym when you’re tired. I was supposed to go workout on Wednesday but I didn’t. Throughout the day, the idea of hitting the gym after work was a good idea, I was even looking forward to it.
When 5:30pm rolls around and I’m shutting down for the day, the idea of going to the gym suddenly became very unattractive. The reasons for not going to the gym started to build up in my mind…
- I’m tired
- My left eye is irritated and dry
- My contacts are dry
- I can’t find my ipod headphones and arm strap, therefore no music
- My gym bag is sitting out in the car in the freezing temperature
- I have to walk 10 minutes to get to my car
- I’m going to be sloppy because I haven’t been in for a month
- Home is so comfortable
- I really want to finish that book
- I just want to eat dinner
- Did I bring my socks?
As I contemplated all these questions while walking to my car, I was able to fend off each of them and “stay the course” on working out. That is, until I got to my car and found out my gym bag (which I hadn’t opened for a month) didn’t have my athletic socks in there! I couldn’t go work out wearing my black dress socks, that would just be plain dorky! It was so easy to not go, I decided to not go within a few seconds of discovering that I didn’t have my socks. I drove home, feeling relaxed and guilty at the same time. When I got home, the first thing I did was put in a pair of fresh socks.
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December 14th, 2006 at 11:25 am
You need a workout that you enjoy - not that you do beause you know you need to in order to stay fit and healthy - if you don’t enjoy it, you’ll never be motivated to do it and you’ll always be wrestling with reasons not to go. Stop torturing yourself and do something fun that gets you fit and healthy at the same time.
March 10th, 2007 at 1:46 am
When that happens to me I find it’s best to do the workout anyway, as a reminder to myself to be more efficient and responsible. When I forget socks, I just where shoes. When I forget the iPod I workout in silence. When I forget a towel, then I just use my clean shirt. After a couple weeks I’ve got my stuff together pretty well, and I haven’t missed a beat in terms of scheduled work-out time.
A week from now, you’re not going to care about the day you forgot socks, but you will still remember that time you skipped your workout.
GOOD LUCK!