Entropy

December 21, 2004

A long time ago, when online “handles” were more important than one’s own name, I remember wanting to use the name “Entropy.” (I never did, by the way. I had MUCH worse online names). However, the reason I thought it was applicable was that I seem to fall prey to entropy with great ease. I’m like the copper of fitness. I’m a fresh piece of bread left out on the countertop for a week. You get the point.

I hurt my back last Wednesday and then didn’t hit the gym again that week. Well, this is a new week, and it’s six days later, and I missed the gym for the last two days. Now, I could argue that my kid wasn’t sleeping well for the last several days and I’m just making up sleep. But today? I was just mostly lazy. I did some brisk walking to take the place of my 30 minutes planned run at the gym. What’s up with that?

There’s fresh snow on the ground, and more than 1/2 of my clothes are pressure stacked into the hamper right now, awaiting my extra efforts to get them clean. I can keep making excuses, but the real reason is just that once a pattern is broken, it’s hard to pick it back up again. Don’t you agree?

By the way, I worked out yesterday and today. I did pushups and dumbell rows, and curl-to-press, and all kinds of things I could do with what I had at home. That’s a great thing, to have a PLAN B set up. But, in the long run, I need just a little more structure to ensure I’m going to do what I’m going to do.

So, tomorrow, it’ll be back to getting up at 4:30 and hitting the gym by 5. It will be back to lifting and running out my 30 minutes of good cardio. It will be back into my pattern, because it’s all I have right now.

One great thing about nature is that it breaks down old structures and uses them for new purposes. Look at a fallen tree trunk that becomes home to thousands of creatures. Look at feeder fish that fuel bigger fish. Look at photosynthesis. Entropy is present in at least two of those. : )

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