I was talking with some guys at work a few weeks ago, and one of them was saying how little time he had to do the things he enjoyed. When I was in college, I had time coming out of my ears. Now don't get me wrong, I was busy, but it always seemed like I had time to do things I enjoyed like working on my web site, or read a book - maybe cause I had no friends, but that's just a guess.
So here I am, now in the real world, and after being at work 50 or 60 hours a week, going out with my friends a couple times, and poof! There's my week. What, with the other activities I'd like to do, like reading, working on my web site, and try to learn this stock portfolio thing, I really am very restricted to only one activity a week. It's aweful. Perhaps if I worked less.
So anyways, I'm going to Costa Rica in February and we're going to be doing some volcano hiking, so I've started walking/running to get in shape (not a light undertaking mind you). What am I to do? Excercise is a really big time commitment, isn't it? I have to block out an hour a day 4 days a week, and not to mention waking up at ungodly hours of the morning... it's going to be a struggle to fit it in, and get motivated on top of it.
Am I a pessimist? Possibly - although I like to think of myself as a realist. I have 3 months, and I've heard if you do something for a month it becomes a habit. If that's true, let's see how this next month goes.