Day: May 5, 2021

Moving forward

Pre-final grading is done and now to see what final exams bring. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week might be a whirlwind…and the Monday after..ugh.

For now: time to catch up just a bit. I think. Generally, when a block of time appears, someone notices and attempts to fill in the void.

Workout notes: somewhat sore shoulder workout; I only felt the shoulder during the final set of overhead presses:

pull ups: one set of 20 singles, on the “10 second”, 10, then 4 sets of 5

push ups: 30, 30, 20, 20 (challenge)

deadlifts: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 224 (all ok)

curls: 3 sets of 10 x 50

shoulder presses: close grip, 10 x 65, 10 x 70, medium grip: 10 x 75 (felt the deeper reps here, especially the final one).

rows: 3 sets of 10 x 134

I might stick with the narrow grip for a while.

Also, I need to do my glute/piriformis PT even though I am not walking.

Concepts that have given me peace of mind

I have just a little bit of time to think and I wondered about the concepts that have lead me to having the most peace of mind:

  1. Evolution. We evolved and have certain statistical traits…there IS a human nature.
  2. Copernicus. We are NOT the center of the universe (yes, I know; the original was about heliocentric astronomy.)
  3. Outliers. Yes, the famous people we read about are usually outliers and, by definition, few of us are outliers.
  4. Perceptions of others: mostly immutable. Yes, I can do my best at something, but I cannot FORCE someone else to perceive me in a certain way. We can pass laws about behaviors and treatments, but not about perception.

Basically, 1-3 are: “you ain’t that special” and 4 is “what others think of you really isn’t your business.”

These ideas give me peace, but they don’t make me popular.