Oh, it is SO Wrist to Forehead Sunday! I can’t write a post! I don’t want to write a post! I don’t want to write ANYTHING!
OK, got that out of my system. As usual, once I sit down at the keyboard, words come out. Maybe not good words, but I can at least edit out the bad words (you know like %$^#%$^@$(@ and *&*&^$%##!).
I read somewhere that motivation follows action, not the other way around. In other words, if you wait till you are “in the mood” (with apologies to Glenn Miller) to do a distasteful chore, you will never do it. However, once you begin said chore, you find it is not so bad after all. You happily do that and twelve other distasteful chores you have been putting off.
Unfortunately, sometimes it does not work. This morning, for example, I did the dishes and it did not lead me to sweep and mop the kitchen floor. I made a salad and chopped some vegetables for my lunch tomorrow. I’m sure I have praised in this blog the therapeutic benefits of chopping vegetables. Today, not so much.
I fear that if I tried to go running today it would be an unpleasant plod. I had previously agreed to let myself off the hook, due to temperatures below 20 degrees. Then I logged onto WordPress and saw a blogger I follow had published a post about how he went running in 8 degree weather. EIGHT DEGREES! What kind of a wimp am I? (It was Return of the Modern Philosopher , if you want to know.)
So that is the story of my life so far: no writing, no running. Well, if I have learned anything at my age, it is that these moods pass. However, that thought is more in the category of Middle-aged Musings. I’ll hold it for Monday. Hope to see you then.
Mohawk Valley Girl 
Don’t beat yourself up about it. It was insane for me to run in this weather. I’ve been lazy all winter, so I was motivated to keep up my new running regimen. My legs are still cold!!! 🙂
I suppose beating myself up does not count as aerobic exercise anyways. The temperatures here are inching up into the 20s, so I hope to be back at it soon. I hope your weather gets better too. Stay layered!
It snowed last night, but only a dusting. It’s supposed to be a cold week and then more snow on Thursday. Ugh!
id love for you to follow my running journey run100run.wordpress.com
I’ll check it out. It’s always good to see what other folks are doing (usually running further and faster than me, but there’s some motivation for me).