Do it Anyway

by Christie on January 26, 2010

I must admit, I wasn’t very excited about day three of getting “un-stuck” today. It was one of those mornings that I peeled open my eyes at 5:30 and groaned. I wanted to bail, big time. I laid there, looking at the clock until 5:38 when somehow, I just got up and did what I needed to do. Discipline with goals isn’t my strong suit and I knew that bailing now would mean giving myself to permission to bail all the time. This challenge is really important to me and even still, the only requirement I have set for myself is to read the appropriate day in the book and see what happens.

And that is just what I did.

I opened Meditations from the Mat and read day three. Yep. I was bored me to tears. Good thing it was less than a page long. I just was not into it at all. The lesson of the day was to practice yoga, the philosophy not the asana (physical practice), both on the mat and off. A lesson that my mat has taught me from time to time. Life generally does play out on the mat and vice versa.

After I read, I decided to do the 25 min hip opening flow from The Yoga Bootcamp Box and boy, were my hips tight. I felt annoyed by Baron’s voice and even more so by his Darth Vader breath. I pushed on and finally, came to rest in savasana. I felt relieved and proud.

I did it anyway.

So, maybe today’s lesson wasn’t about the book or the practice at all. It was about scraping away the layers that hold me back from living the life I want. Today’s lesson was that sometimes, we must do it anyway.

What about you? Do you have moments in life that you just do it anyway? What are they?

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1 Estela @ Weekly Bite January 26, 2010 at 9:06 am: I know how tough it is to get out of bed. There’s times where I go to the gym, or run and am not feeling it what so ever. It does help get rid of the blah feeling.
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2 brandi January 26, 2010 at 9:27 am: I’ll be honest – finding time to do ANYTHING with a new puppy is hard. And I haven’t been “doing it anyway”. There’s no extra time in the morning now once she’s awake OR when we get home. It’s all about her, which I love, but I’m struggling with finding time for just ME. I don’t want to seem selfish and take time for me and leave Nick to deal with her and not let HIM have time for himself, you know? It’s amazing having Maggie, and we love her, but it’s thrown a wrench into our lives A good one, but a wrench nonetheless.

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3 laura dishes January 26, 2010 at 9:41 am: I could not have read this at a better time. Your words perfectly explain what I’m feeling right now- I have been doing too much of the “I don’t have enough time” and “I don’t feel like doing that” lately. For awhile, I was accepting my excuses but like you said, accepting your excuses doesn’t help in creating the life that you want.

Yesterday, I mapped out a plan for the week so that I get everything done that I need to get done (no excuses)- errands, workouts, social plans, etc. Just putting it down on paper made me feel better- a “do it anyway” plan.
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4 Heather (Heather's Dish) January 26, 2010 at 10:55 am: totally – i do that in the mornings just about every day! i so wish that i could sleep in later, but once i’m done with my morning workout or yoga, i feel so much more accomplished! i’m proud of you for pushing through
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