It’s business as usual by the time I pick up my daughter.
My son is asleep within 5 minutes of me driving off. The day is warm so I don’t blame him.
She is full of energy and big hugs which is always something I look forward to. I ask her about her day.
My friend hypnotised me with a piece of bread and I’ve been practicing my kicks. I can kick to a child’s head!
Ok. I don’t want to know how she knows that, but as I received no phone calls during the day, I’m good.
BSD
Thankfully the sun is still shining when I get back to my car and in fact all day, it has been seasonal bliss.
Ingredients time! I intended to do a shop on the train home but I actually fell asleep! I have a habit of keeping late nights and early mornings and my body is starting to rebel.
On the way home I visualised salmon, salad onions and vegetable rice smothered in sesame seeds.
I read somewhere about the benefits of turmeric (I can’t remember exactly what it did) so I got some of that too. Add some paprika and pesto (thinking ahead) and we’re in business.
I must say I really do have the cooking bug now and it’s a lot of fun, and so much easier to eat healthily.
Salmon something
Wash a cupful of rice in [filtered] water. Place in a small pan and add more [filtered] water. I’ll stop with the parenthesis soon. Add a dash of sesame oil and a sprinkle of paprika. Place on a low heat.
Pre-heat the grill to a medium high heat and foil line a grill pan. Wash the salad onions and chop finely. Grab some garlic and chop that too. Drizzle some oil on the foil and add paprika and turmeric. Drop the chopped stuff on it and mix with your hands.
Wash and dry your hands and then realise that your ingredients will stain anything you touch.
Take the salmon and rub it in the chopped stuff; place it all under the grill.
This one is a pretty quick cooker, depending on how you like your salmon.
From coming in through the door to serving up in under an hour; not bad going.
Shame it didn’t taste so good. I think i’ll ditch one of the big spices next time.
Following dinner I spent a considerable part of the evening sitting in the lounge and being with my own thoughts. As the evening drew in I lay there, feet up and sipping wine, thinking.
Where I am right now is where I need to be right now, but it’s not where I will stay.
Time to shrink the belly
Warm up:
Rowing machine – resistance 6 –
Warm down:
2 minutes steady.
The work begins
Each exercise should be done in sets of 4. Repetitions of 8,5,6 and 12
Chest
That headline pic is me.
BSD
What is coaching?
Coaching is a way of improving your ability or performance. We tend to associate coaching with athletes but more and more we see it in the world of work and even daily life.
What does coaching look like?
It quite often happens on a one to one ratio (the most effective way) with the coach and the student. The coach will observe a specific act, performance or behaviour, analyse and then tweak that performance through a number of means in order for the individual to improve in some way.
Why are you discussing coaching? A moment ago we were talking about limiting beliefs?
The two are connected.
So what is the connection?
I think you know where i’m going with this one.
So ok. We have a coach inside our head who sometimes works against us. Sometimes, it thinks it’s being cruel to be kind. Most of the times, it’s not a very smart coach. Always, absolutely always, it’s an effective coach.
Limiting beliefs>internal thoughts>inner coach..
Thoughts become things
I’d love to claim this one but it’s been around for a while. The power of the mind to create the physical environment has long been recognised and quick search of the internet will show you examples.
Have you ever wondered why a day that starts badly often ends badly and vice versa? Let’s be honest; a day is just a day. We will leave a footprint on that point in time and give it a title, in order to categorise it in our memories.
‘Good’ days have a positive effect on us and therefore anything that happens during that good day will be thought of positively. Again, vice versa, things that happen on a ‘bad’ day will be reflected on badly.
But as I said earlier, a day is just a day. We make it what it is and our internal coach has a huge part to play in that.
I apologise for this cheesiness of this pic but, you get it; right?
Part 3 next week, where I do what I say I’ll do.
I’ve also tried something new; sticking this post to the front page. Let’s see how that works.
BSD
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