Life can be so hard
Your smile makes it simple
I have you no more
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
My experience from smoking
Man oh man! I definitely learned a lesson this past weekend. I'll start off with alittle back story of the situation. So the past two weeks my mom left the house to myself. I was pretty much on my own at the house and usual whenever she leaves for PI I throw some sort of party. Well those two weeks I did everything bad for my health.
See, I usually smoke a cigarette, I would say, every few months or so. During this open house I smoked almost everyday since I didn't have to worry about my mom catching on. I guess the smoking became a major shell shock to my body. On top of the smoking I didn't exercise during the whole two weeks.
I went to Disneyland and California Adventure this past weekend and to my demise I could feel the side effects. I was having a hard time breathing the whole weekend. So, yesterday I decided I need to get back on the exercise train. I assumed that I would be able to run my normal 24min/3mi run but was I definitely mistaken. I could not even run 5mins without having to gasp and heave for air.
I never thought that cigarettes would have that great of an affect on my body. After my gym session, I wanted to find out why my symptoms were so extreme. Come to find out, the smoking from the past two weeks ended up worsening my bronchial spasms. In addition to making my bronchial spasms more sporadic and frequent, cigarettes, could have caused a development of asthma if I were to continue.
This all just happened this past week so I don't even know how much this has affected me. I hope I will be able to overcome this minor setback. I can't and won't let smoking ruin my chances of reaching my goals.
I, Rustico Ordonez Rasing II, declare from this day forth that I shall never smoke another cigarette. I hope the friends and family that read this will be supportive of this decision.
See, I usually smoke a cigarette, I would say, every few months or so. During this open house I smoked almost everyday since I didn't have to worry about my mom catching on. I guess the smoking became a major shell shock to my body. On top of the smoking I didn't exercise during the whole two weeks.
I went to Disneyland and California Adventure this past weekend and to my demise I could feel the side effects. I was having a hard time breathing the whole weekend. So, yesterday I decided I need to get back on the exercise train. I assumed that I would be able to run my normal 24min/3mi run but was I definitely mistaken. I could not even run 5mins without having to gasp and heave for air.
I never thought that cigarettes would have that great of an affect on my body. After my gym session, I wanted to find out why my symptoms were so extreme. Come to find out, the smoking from the past two weeks ended up worsening my bronchial spasms. In addition to making my bronchial spasms more sporadic and frequent, cigarettes, could have caused a development of asthma if I were to continue.
This all just happened this past week so I don't even know how much this has affected me. I hope I will be able to overcome this minor setback. I can't and won't let smoking ruin my chances of reaching my goals.
I, Rustico Ordonez Rasing II, declare from this day forth that I shall never smoke another cigarette. I hope the friends and family that read this will be supportive of this decision.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
What a day! Well I just got done cleaning my whole house after two weekends of parties and a bunch of procrastination. Cleaning a two story house is quite a handful on it's own, but to include party garbage just takes it to another level. I'm glad I finished all the cleaning and just relaxing waiting for my laundry to be done.
The mom comes home this Friday and it looks like what the house was when she left, I'm so good =).
The mom comes home this Friday and it looks like what the house was when she left, I'm so good =).
Friday, April 10, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Miracles?
I find it amazing how life is. How everything about it is considered a miracle, but if you put logic to everything, it has a plausible explanation. The fact that we have evolved throughout so many years and yet we still see aspects of life miraculously is quite humbling. The fact that we don't always you logic give us a chance to imagine, a chance to dream, a chance to truly live.
I find it interesting that Greeks did not write obituaries. They would ask only one question; Did he have passion? The idea of passion can lead to so many possiblities everyday. If you have passion for something miracles can happen. If you logically define passion, to want/desire to obtain a goal. Using the definition, a person can say passion is a spiritual word of the scientifical synonym, Law of Attraction.
Whichever way you look at it, life will be amazing, spiritually and scientifically.
I find it interesting that Greeks did not write obituaries. They would ask only one question; Did he have passion? The idea of passion can lead to so many possiblities everyday. If you have passion for something miracles can happen. If you logically define passion, to want/desire to obtain a goal. Using the definition, a person can say passion is a spiritual word of the scientifical synonym, Law of Attraction.
Whichever way you look at it, life will be amazing, spiritually and scientifically.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Success
Have you ever experienced that feeling? When you know something is going to happen. Something that will change your life. Even though you honestly cannot determine whether the outcome will be a downturn or an uprising. That feeling of playing jump rope with the fine line of anxiety and excitement.
Jump rope? I use this as an example for a couple reasons. Let us say 'anxiety' is on the left and 'excitment' is on the right. If you put your mind to it, you can stop on either side of the rope. Same goes for reality, if you put your mind to it you can choose which feeling to feel, wouldn't you agree?
Life has constantly given this feeling to us, correct? Somehow, we don't handle that feeling in the same fashion as we would have in a previous situation. Is it because of the situation? the results? the opinions? Surprisingly, all those aspects play a deciding role on whether we could succeed or fail. In the end, all those aspects could easily be overcome by your decision. I am surprised that we, as human beings, have yet to figure out when to let anxiety or excitement take over the situation.
Success is almost solely dependent on the jump rope of anxiety and excitement. Which side will you end up landing in to?
Jump rope? I use this as an example for a couple reasons. Let us say 'anxiety' is on the left and 'excitment' is on the right. If you put your mind to it, you can stop on either side of the rope. Same goes for reality, if you put your mind to it you can choose which feeling to feel, wouldn't you agree?
Life has constantly given this feeling to us, correct? Somehow, we don't handle that feeling in the same fashion as we would have in a previous situation. Is it because of the situation? the results? the opinions? Surprisingly, all those aspects play a deciding role on whether we could succeed or fail. In the end, all those aspects could easily be overcome by your decision. I am surprised that we, as human beings, have yet to figure out when to let anxiety or excitement take over the situation.
Success is almost solely dependent on the jump rope of anxiety and excitement. Which side will you end up landing in to?
Physical
If you've known me for a couple years now then it should be a given that you knew me when I was overweight. I've pretty much accomplished my goal of being in the ideal weight range. Not going to lie, it was definitely hard work and still continues to be difficult at times.
Alittle history, 2-3 years ago it would take me 15 minutes to finish a mile. I was on average a weight of 200 lbs with a peak of 220 lbs. Eventually I started to worry about my health after family and friends expressed their concerns. They opened my eyes to the fact that I was more vunerable to become diabetic and have heart disease. Reason being is because my dad and all my grandparents are either diabetic or has had a heart disease.
I can now say that I am proud of myself but still want to obtain more personal accolades. Currently, I run 3 miles in 23 minutes (+/- sec). One of my ultimate goals is to cut the time down to 18 minutes. This is along with my other physical goals of completing a 5k and 10k mud run, half and full marathon, and a triathlon.
The reason I am writing this note, is so I have a record of what I want to accomplish. Making these goals public will help me stay motivated so I can be an inspiration for anyone that may need it.
Alittle history, 2-3 years ago it would take me 15 minutes to finish a mile. I was on average a weight of 200 lbs with a peak of 220 lbs. Eventually I started to worry about my health after family and friends expressed their concerns. They opened my eyes to the fact that I was more vunerable to become diabetic and have heart disease. Reason being is because my dad and all my grandparents are either diabetic or has had a heart disease.
I can now say that I am proud of myself but still want to obtain more personal accolades. Currently, I run 3 miles in 23 minutes (+/- sec). One of my ultimate goals is to cut the time down to 18 minutes. This is along with my other physical goals of completing a 5k and 10k mud run, half and full marathon, and a triathlon.
The reason I am writing this note, is so I have a record of what I want to accomplish. Making these goals public will help me stay motivated so I can be an inspiration for anyone that may need it.
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