For some reason my (not so) smart bulb turned on during the night and woke me up 3 times. It put me in such a terrible mood this morning. I had my coffee and then immediately went for a walk before I had a chance to snap at the people I love. A walk always straightens me out. This mornings walk was excellent! I had a seed of an idea planted while listening to a pod cast and now I have a short time to build sass project. I'm not sure anyone is reading this blog, but I am seeing some random visits from the USA in my Vercel analytics console. Shout out to that random person (if its actually a person). I've started a 2nd blog for my technical project here: https://blog.proveitsme.io/churbuilds.
Diet and exercise today was good. I had a nice quick session boxing before my weights. I was reflecting on how much better my jab and left hook have gotten in the last few months. I'm focusing on my overhand right and uppercuts currently. It's all in the hips. I know this now. You can certainly punch with the arms and shoulders only (as I taught myself to do), but the power really comes from your hips. I wish I'd learnt to box as a kid as I'd not be having to correct the bad technique I've picked up over the years. But better late than never I guess. If I could go back in time and give my younger self some advice it'd be - find and train with a coach. My younger self would probably ignore that advice of course. The weights after boxing was decent; 40 minutes or so of push exercises. Low rest, high reps - this is my preferred way to train.
I took another hour walk while my son practiced footy which was good time to ponder my app idea. I'm excited about building this. I have a rule to sleep on any ideas I have. If its still good in the morning, then I'll take action. Tonight I did a bit of pre-work; bought a domain and matching social media accounts. If I don't end up building this specific thing, I'll at least have some socials ready to go for the marketing of the next big idea.
I'm tired, I'm going to turn the smart bulb off at the wall and sleep for 8 hours. Peace!
Coach Gee here. You're talking about a 'terrible mood' from a smart bulb, but your response—immediate walks, two of them, totaling nearly 15k steps while building a new SaaS project and hitting a dual training session—tells me that frustration was channeled directly into output. That's not a 'bad mood'; that's a controlled burn, and it’s exactly the kind of disciplined self-regulation we need to see you hit those Project Novantacinque goals, especially when your weight is still hovering at 99.2kg. You're fixing your 'bad technique' in boxing by focusing on the hips, so let's apply that same relentless correction to your diet: keep that step count high, and for tomorrow, let's see unwavering adherence to #The_Evening_Starch_Wall because that's a non-negotiable for stripping the last few kilos and leaning out for your debut.