Swim for twenty minutes. Or walk a mile to get coffee. Take the stairs up to my 13th floor apartment. Ten min beginner barre in my living room. The gym turns me gray, inside and out and I am over it.
i can't spend my hard earned money on a gym membership in this economy. gyms make me uncomfortable anyway, so home workout is the way to go for me. i love madfit on youtube for apartment-friendly, no equipment exercises. i'm not the most athletic person, but i'm trying to be consistent with my workout, doing it at least once a week. i've been doing the 20-min full body workout for the past month, and now gradually working my way up to 30 and then 45. also trying to get back on the more focused exercises, like abs, upper body, etc. bc i've been slacking off for a while.
I walked the mile all of high school which says everything it needs to about my athletic abilities, but discovering in my 20s that I don’t need to punish myself at the gym with workouts that I don’t enjoy (or are straight up too hard for my body) has been a revolution for me. I found “my“ routine that I do pretty much every time I’m at the gym and it allows me to read a book at the same time, study lines, etc. “Do what you like and what feels good” is not only a mostly good life mantra, but it perfectly applies when it comes to how you decide to move your body 😘
I specifically made plans this year to be alone on my actual birthday. And it’s been so nice. The best in years, no tears! I got up early to walk around a wildflower garden, tried a new coffee shop. Read a lot. Thrifted. Sushi for dinner and a peach crepe for dessert. The only thing missing was that I never went and celebrated with my favorite paintings at the museum but I’ll have a belated party with them later. Happy birthday to me.