“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands” (Legally Blonde) – I have a plan for 2010, which helps avoid any jail time for me 
It’s been quite some time since I put anything of any real substance on my blog, so I decided I should get back into the swing of things, literally.
2009 is behind us, thank bloody god. I’m sure I can safely assume many of you are glad to see the butt end of it, too.
For me, there has been some really high points, but the low points made it a huge struggle to get to the end of.
Let me explain why..
On top of two redundancies (the first being at the end of 08, the 2nd in July 09) due to that ever so wonderful thing we all call the recession, and an increasingly hard struggle to get any form of full time work – regardless of many 2nd and 3rd interviews, where I apparently shone – companies were just not hiring. Makes ones confidence really start to falter. My bed broke, and most recently, the garage door decided it wanted to fall off it’s rails and almost destroy the car… narrowly missing it by an inch.. Thankfully, I had some incredible support from my partner, who gave me tons of part time work through his company. All the cool marketing stuff that no one really had time to do certainly kept my mind active.
And even though I was watching the pennies, I still managed to enjoy a lot of travel, with several visits to Australia (Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne), and Hong Kong, Macau and China.
Concert wise, I saw a few, Dave Dobbin / Anika Moa / Op Shop, John Mellancamp / Sheryl Crow / Gin Wigmore, and Bryan Eno of Talking Heads.
2010, aside from looking for a job, has a few goals set in place already. Canada in October (with a trip down to Chi-town if luck prevails). And to drastically alter my state of mind, and avoid the anxiety that so loves to haunt me. I’ve picked up a paint brush again, after about 18 years, and have given up writing any of the angsty dribble that I became so well versed at. Much of which has never seen the light of day. All very dark and sound reasoning to have me committed, heh
Anyhoo, that’s just the brief overview of 2009. Half not so bad to pretty great, half extremely crappy, to downright shitty… I’m amazed I managed to pull through.
The real basis of this blog is to track my progress at the gym. Yeah, yeah, I know, I join many of them, go for a week or two, and quit. This time, I choose not to. And with a little encouragement from you folks, I might really see some changes. I don’t need to lose any weight, I’m too small for that, but definition would be nice. Over the next few months, I’ll keep a journal, and likely even post photos of my progress.
I’ve been going for a week so far (oooOOO, a week, tough going 
), so in just a few days I’ll be over my phobia of making it through week two.
Luckily, I have a few friends that go to the same gym and can pester the crap out of them to go, too (Hi Aaron, Hi Nakita )
Will you guys help me?
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I imagine if you keep it slow at first, your fidgitiness (is that even a word?) will parade you to a pretty good workout each time you go. That being said, it doesn’t take long to notice the results, which can be quite rewarding, and a good motivator.
Ah, the joys of being a Bestic.
Hey Little Bro
Fidgitiness, whether a real word or not, is real enough in my language, hehe. And something I am at times
I go to the gym twice a day at the mo, possibly overkill, but a 35 – 45min walk on a treadmill is a better way to monitor my heart rate (has to stay below 120bpm)
The results will be a good motivator
And yes, your last comment is so true.. joys
