Just For Me To Keep Track

I run, do workouts, learn advanced scuba diving, and try to eat healthy

[sonbunny]

12-2am lasts 15 minutes if you aren't careful

[segamascott]

[segamascott]

[offshoreoilrig]

whispering "do it scared" to myself before taking a deep breath and entering the bank to commit my first armed robbery

[spiribia]

pesto is great for many bites but to me it’s always been a kind of samey indulgent experience in a specific way where if you happily eat your way through a large enough portion there will hit a point where you will very suddenly experience something called “pesto remorse” which i have just invented

[iliothermia]

Given their presence in my childhood I really thought I'd run into one of these by now

[fricktic]

made some versions of the agony grip for my friends for when the whole gang gets it . including different levels depending on the anguish

and a joyous one for when there is love abound

[sillayangel]

can i make a contribution?

for when the whole gang is being real autistic about something

[sunshinecassette]

For when you say something absolutely horrid in the group chat

[times-chu]

Three blind mice.

[zzoupz]

[r0b0tb0y]

#surely robotboy will not hurt us this time

[andallshallbewell]

[spoondrifts]

COMPARISON PHOTOS: hubble vs james webb

SMACS 0723

southern ring nebula

carina nebula (NGC 3324)

stephan's quintet

[anoonimthepoorchad]

About the Russian invasion - how is everyone feeling there? What can we do to help?

Thank you so much for asking!

A little bit of history: it's actually been 8 years since russia first invaded our country. But for the last years it was getting more and more quiet. And now BOOM again

Many people evacuated from the destroyed by war cities in 2014 and some still live there even though they support Ukraine. It's hard to leave your home. So it's emotionally different for everyone. There was a joke that people from Kyiv worry more than people from Eastern Ukraine. Because they have experienced a similar thing in 2014 and now they're more prepared than ever before.

Personally, I'm panicking from time to time, because, yup, it's stressful. Most people don't really speak about the war and evacuation because it's scary. But I feel like everyone's trying to be prepared for the evacuation or fighting. Every night does feel like a last one, after all.

Since the beginning of the war, our people have been giving money to military charity. One of the most famous military charities is "Return alive" (Povernysya zhivim). Many Ukrainians donate here every month. Here is a link for Facebook page of the charity, let me know if it translates to English or if i should make a post with translation:

There is also a charity that helps military. Yana Zinkevych, a Ukrainian politician and a commander of the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, leads this charity. In 2015 she was paralyzed during a mission and since then she has been using a wheelchair. She has personally saved more than 200 soldiers and she's awesome.

https://www.facebook.com/100020149602229/posts/914756185872693/

In her post here she makes a list of needed ammunition and the needed money.

I tried to write about the charities that Ukrainians trust in. They are famous, they have been trusted by people all these years, so as far as I am concerned, they can be trusted.

Here is a post by @everlasting-burnout who provided more links. They seem trustworthy.

All links are from these threads by Ukrainians: https://twitter.com/bluegreymoon/status/1495165689220505606, https://twitter.com/olgatokariu

Thank you so much for reading and I encourage to reblog. Just to remind you, I'm trying to tell about Ukrainian situation as objectively and as truthfully as I can

[tdubfitnesslog]

Thu. August 13, 2020:

I just finished my run for the day. Its breezy enough outside that it didn't feel too hot. After the first lap I paused my run and stopped into my apartment to use the bathroom. In hindsight, I should not have drank 3 water bottles prior to the run. But the pause was very brief and then i headed out for my second lap. I'll post later after my workout.

[tdubfitnesslog]

Thu. August 13, 2020:

I just finished my run for the day. Its breezy enough outside that it didn't feel too hot. After the first lap I paused my run and stopped into my apartment to use the bathroom. In hindsight, I should not have drank 3 water bottles prior to the run. But the pause was very brief and then i headed out for my second lap. I'll post later after my workout.

[tdubfitnesslog]

Wed. August 12, 2020:

I finished my run and workout for the day. This workout went by super fast for a 1 hour workout. I feel really good and energetic. I'm ready to drink A LOT of water.

[tdubfitnesslog]

Tues. August 11, 2020:

I just finished my run today. I felt pretty tired the entire time, but I'm glad I got my run in.

I didn't post yesterday, but here is the run that I did:

Yesterday was my birthday. I'm 25 now! I made a point to get my run done before my dad and brother came over to celebrate with me and help me send my transcripts to my hopeful university. Will called on his lunch break and so he had a chance to talk to them too. It was really nice and hopefully I'll be accepted into the university!

[tdubfitnesslog]

Tues. August 11, 2020:

I just finished my run today. I felt pretty tired the entire time, but I'm glad I got my run in.

I didn't post yesterday, but here is the run that I did:

Yesterday was my birthday. I'm 25 now! I made a point to get my run done before my dad and brother came over to celebrate with me and help me send my transcripts to my hopeful university. Will called on his lunch break and so he had a chance to talk to them too. It was really nice and hopefully I'll be accepted into the university!

[tdubfitnesslog]

Fri. August 7, 2020:

I finished my run and workout for the day, just in time for will to get out of work and come home. I feel really good, and this helped keep me calm bc I found out that my transcripts haven't been sent yet and I started to feel really panicky. I found out right before i left for my run, and i was scared that I would overthink everything during my run, but instead I was actually able to think about things really calmly during the run. I realized that I still have time to get the transcripts sent properly, and that I could probably do it without having to visit my other school.

The workout today was so challenging! even with the weights that I have. She really focused on each muscle group in the upper body, and then did a quick little ab thing at the end. My shoulders are so tired. I feel good, and ready to figure out what's up with my transcripts.

[tdubfitnesslog]

Here is the workout that i just finished. Before I started this, I was feeling a mixture of sadness and anxiousness, seemingly for no reason. I actually delayed working out because I was moping around. This was a tough workout, but i feel really good now. Endorphins are a real and powerful thing. I know this, but sometimes it's so hard to motivate myself to even work to get those assured endorphins. I'm glad that I finally did today. This blog is mostly for this reason: to record my workouts and the way I feel afterwards in order to convince future me that it will be worth it, and to help keep future me more accountable. This is a collaboration between me, past me, and future me. We are all working together to keep me from screwing over future me and screwing over past me's expectations.