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I'm trying to remember what I used to do before school. I am doing so much now, and I can't imagine where my time was wasted when I was not going to law school, not working out this many hours, not boxing...I wonder what I did all day before going out and hitting the clubs. Did I play that many video games?

For all my bitching, I like law school. Sad, but true. The subject material is generally interesting, and I don't mind the pressence of working - I just don't like the absence of time with friends. I am far more mentally sharp that I would otherwise be, as I am constantly stretching my gray matter. I spoke with a man who was only about 50-60, and he complained about how he was losing his mental acuity and could already tell. I thought about that a lot, how it must hurt to realize you are fading and not being able to do anything about it. I think the brain is another muscle, and perhaps by pressing my limits in school I am preventing the aging process for my brain the way my gym routine keeps me physically younger. I wonder how many problems associated with aging are simply the result of atrophy. I'm in my mid-thirties and I have never been in this kind of physical shape in my life - and I'm still tackling goals. I know that in so many years, decades, I'll see my maximums reduced...but for today I'm still pursuing fresh goals. I wonder if I was just going home after work and watching TV if I'd feel old. I don't care to find out.

Yesterday we went hiking for four hours - I work out like a mad dog, but climbing 1400 feet in a mile can leave me huffing and liking it (conversation was nice too). I'm now munching on PEZ from a death star dispenser and not feeling guilty. I didn't know I liked hiking, perhaps because we were poor when I grew up and we had no choice but to camp and hike for vacations. I always just wanted a nice clean hotel and an arcade to play in. I'm not sure how this evolved - I used to find going out to a meal kind of made a day. Now it seems I'll work all day, hit the gym, then do something with a friend - while days off are cover to cover projects and events. Being fit makes the day longer in a good way.
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