31 Days – Update 4
Well, maybe I should just reduce the other two to updating once a week because I keep forgetting to ask them for their update. I promise the next one will be good! So tonight you’re stuck with me.
Fitness
I’m currently training in a 3 x 3 schedule. 3 days of cardio with 3 days of weight training. So far so good. I’m still trying to figure out all the machines, how much weight I can handle and how many reps/sets. It’s not too bad… I think that eventually I’ll get it figured out and on my way.
Question is, it’s been a week and do I feel different? Well, I know I’ve lost weight because I can wear clothes I couldn’t two weeks ago, I am not as winded when going up three stories of steps and find my workouts not being quite as challenging as day one.
Tomorrow is cardio (yay) one thing I do know how to do and do it well. I’m currently doing interval cardio for about 30 minutes. Then I’ll cool down for about 5 minutes and stretch for another 5. All in all about 45 minutes on the floor.
Finance
Well, I’m going to keep this one simple. Here is a website everyone should use:
It is an awesome website, think of it as Quicken for the web except free (and easy to use for beginners). Just create a Mint account and add all your bank accounts and BAM it monitors your balances, notifies you of changes in your accounts and can show you where your money goes. Check it out!
Faith
I wonder is God trying to get my attention? After my last post I’ve been praying and seeking out this whole “closure” feeling I have. Haven’t nailed it down yet. My meeting with my pastor was moved to Friday. I have been praying about that so I’m going to assume it is one of those “God timing” things. I found myself this week in a bit of isolation and having more time to complete some things and to be with my thoughts. I’m going to trust God that He knows what’s going on and that He’ll lead me as He sees fit. Tonight as I went to go meet a friend at BestBuy to do some (for me at least) window shopping and to give me a break from coding I heard the song, “One Life to Love” on XM Radio (Station 32). It’s by a group called 33Miles (ironic, they’re from Franklin, TN… and we all know my love for TN). I was about to change the station when the title/group name looked interesting and decided to listen.
After listening to the first few lines I had captured the info and couldn’t wait to go home and download (via iTunes… it’s all legal folks) and listen to the song. I did just that and the lyrics simply amaze me and just jumped right out at me. Here is the section I felt the most drawn to:
“You only get just one time around.
You only get one shot at this.
One chance to find out the one thing that you don’t want to miss.
One day when it’s all said done I hope you see it was enough this,
One life, one ride, one life to love.”
Check them out at www.33milesonline.com
This has very much been an on going theme with me in the last few months that I only have “one life to love” and I want to make the most of it. We’ll see how it goes in the next few weeks as I begin to discover what God has for me. That’s about it. As always you can reach me at 31days <at> johnmassie.com.
God Bless,
-JM
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