The speed of change is a term I've only heard through music. At first every musician wants to play as fast as they can, but most of the time that sounds really sloppy. So the speed of change is used to describe the length of time in between the notes. You play the notes really slowly but practice the speed that you go from one note to the next. That might not make sense (I don't think I'm describing it too well), but the point is when I play a guitar solo I can play as fast as anyone can imagine all while dancing around head banging and looking at the crowd. The fact is I don't even think about it. It all comes naturally because I've played music for as long as I can remember. Speed is just a side note and style is all I care about.
I just noticed I'm rambling so I'll bring up my main point. I uploaded new pictures and I don't really notice too many differences. I've done all the exercises and kept to the diet but I don't see too many changes. But why should I? I don't want to start comparing pictures of myself. So I thought of the term speed of change. I saw a lot of musicians give up just because they weren't seeing the results they expected. I simply practiced every single day because I enjoyed it and once I had the skills of a "professional musician" I barely noticed. I had to be told by the older jazz musicians that I was a professional, and once they told me I said, "fuck jazz, I'm going to play funk and rock." I started looking at the pictures and I finally asked myself, "how do I feel?" I feel great and I can tell that things are changing, so I'm not going to look at the pictures. I'm just going to do the exercises and diet because they make me feel good.
Because of timing I basically had a day to decide whether or not I was going to join the project. I joined because I looked at the pictures of people that have finished. Not because of the weekly changes, but because I looked at their first and last pictures and saw an incredible difference. So the point of this rambling blog is that I'm not going to look at the pictures at all. I'm just going to continue. . .
kudos to anyone that understands this blog because I don't really know where the hell I was going with it. I'm always a little "foggy" on sundays and would usually be eating some bacon and I'm glad I'm not.
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YES! The only people who really get anywhere in life just choose to do something and never stop, regardless of "how good they are" or what others think.
ReplyDeleteOther people are the best mirror. When people start asking you "Is something different? Did you get a new shirt?" then you know the changes are happening.
This project is so valuable to me precisely because it's teaching me that daily incremental changes really do add up. And this is something I can start applying to other goals in my life. You're way ahead of me!
ReplyDeleteGood analogy...I understood it completely, and I think it's a great post!
ReplyDeleteYou make good sense when you're feeling ramble-y. I'm going to adopt your position. The photos depress me every week because I feel like I've made better progress and then the camera show that, nope, it's not that visible. But you're right--feeling it is more important than seeing it in the short term.
ReplyDeleteYes! I like it, Stu. Great perspective - applies to so many things in life. Sounds like you're doing great with the PCP, btw.
ReplyDeleterock it, stu! i've been feeling akin to kim, so i gotta work with her to get this mindframe shift going. thx! (nat)
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