Many will
recognize the title due to the song of Gotye feat. Kimbra, though this is not
supposed to be a song review or a rant about anyone else but me instead. I was
lazy, I ate way too much and unhealthy and I didn't feel well at all.
Ironically the wakeup call came after a weight loss deal with a friend (I
should know better than to make deals with beautiful women ... but then again I
am a guy) and even though the first week was tough, the desire for the old bad
habits got less and less.
Even though
I have never been drinking much alcohol, I still worshipped a decent bottle of
wine now and then and 7 months without any alcohol at all would have seemed
surreal a year ago. Now coffee is another story and to a certain degree I
replaced one addiction with another by drinking hot chocolate or tea instead. But
going from 2-3 cups per day to zero and over almost 7 months would have rather
triggered the assumption that I had been abducted by aliens to change that drastically.
In fact I
could have a coffee any time if I wanted to, I don't have to force myself to
deny it but at the same time the urge to depend on it aint there anymore
either. In general I feel my balance has become better, even though I still get
angry over trivial stuff for no reason ... and I am stubborn by default which I
blame my father for since my little half sister is exactly the same. Fortunately
he also seemed to have passed over the dedication to work my ass off and do my
job ... .
As far as
poker is concerned, I mainly played HU SNG and tournaments before and now
barely ever do so and either focus on speed poker versions or Seven Card Stud
(both Hi and Hi Lo). Considering that I have by far less time to actually play,
it is probably just the logical compromise and I cannot say that the excitement
to hit the tables is as big as before. It turned into some part time fun to
refresh your mind, the monetary aspect has little influence but I still hate to
lose.
Onto the
positive changes ... I eat by far more healthy and whenever I go for groceries,
I skip all junk food by default and check for salads, fruits and juices. Right
now I jump between 13 to 15 kilos weight loss since I started working out in
May, the little imbalance lately is mainly due to an illness and a twisted
ankle as of today. Writing has become more important as six articles made it to
print media since and hopefully another one is on its way soon.
The general
work load has also increased, which does not necessarily reflect in the income
and the pay per hour would rather indicate that I am a stupid workaholic
instead. Of course it's not as bad, but I would lie if I'd have to say I am thoroughly
happy with the progress of 2012 due to several incidents that make my job more
complicated than it should be. The luck with that certain species from Venus
remains the same or worse, at least job-wise 2013 may kick off with a little
reward if plans come together.
For 2012,
three live event coverages remain (two at Prague and one at Dortmund) and I
shall be back "home" (wherever that might be) just before Christmas
... hopefully I have made up my mind by then as well about which new stupidly
expensive camera I want to buy. Oh well, first world problems imho ... it could
be by far worse and I appreciate the many opportunities to take pictures of
beautiful women during the events as well. So long ... happy donking and best
of luck on and off the felt.
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