Saturday, January 5th (posted 1/8)
With this somewhat large project looming over my head, it has slowly become more and more difficult to set it aside. My week was predetermined to be stressful by a multitude of factors, so it only added to a week in which I was already slightly plagued with anxiety.
As a result of my incessant thinking on the matter, I have begun to realize that my lazy ways extend to other facets of my life besides having a poor sleep schedule. On the day I am writing this (1/8), I have eaten extremely poorly and I’m feeling sort of bad about it. I wouldn’t exactly prefer to delve into the specifics, but I am entirely certain that it is unhealthy.
I have never been much worried much about my weight, probably due to my exceptional metabolism I likely have inherited due to simply being young. I still wouldn’t say I’m worried about overstepping the threshold into being overweight, but I am perturbed by the prospect of enduring ulterior health effect. Countless physical and mental ailments can occur to someone who is not paying proper attention to their health that are not immediately visible. I am concerned about the repercussions of not acquiring substantial nutrients, and following that, becoming ill.
Today, I partook in a bit of basketball. I have never been very skilled at basketball in any way, however I would consider myself proficient enough to join friends for a recreational game of basketball itself or another game utilizing a basketball (I am thinking of H.O.R.S.E. or Bumpout). I asked my mother to take a photo for this blog, but other than that I played alone. This consisted of just taking shoots to perfect both my form and, subsequently, my aim. The sport has been part of my life for a while now, which feels weird to say as I couldn’t think of one sport that I could be more genetically predisposed to be poor at– the truth is that tall people have an advantage in basketball, whether I like that or not. My basketball stint has really only composed of playing in Year One P.E., playing over the summer on my family’s hoop (which is over a decade old and has no net), both leading up to the present day, where I play with some friends in Weight Training.
Overall, I enjoyed the basketball part of today. I wouldn’t consider light running and shooting to be a full workout, but then again that really isn’t my goal. The major con to participating in some after school, on the weekends, or during a break like today is that fact that I really don’t have that much time to do activities like basketball. I feel like schoolwork handed out doesn’t much account for the other things that teens have to squeeze in to their lives, which overall can make it high maintenance.
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