Just got back from my swim for today.
I skipped yesterday because I was going to be on my feet all day teaching and I figured I didn’t want to be too tired.
Feh. I’m sorry I chose that. Not that it’s not possible to get too tired. It is. Not that is it not sometimes wise to pick and choose daily activities to keep from overtaxing yourself. It is. But I was tired and spazzed last night, and I think that if I’d gotten up and taken my swim, I just would have been tired.
The simple fact of the matter is that when I swim most days, I am clearer-headed and have calmer energy throughout the day.
I don’t swim to get skinny. I’ve been swimming for a year and a half and I ain’t skinny, nor even “not overweight”.
I swim because A) It feels good and B) I’m clear-headed and relaxed after one.
I did have a long and exhausting day yesterday, and had promised myself I was going to work from bed all day, only leaving it to swim.
Changed my mind and moved to my writin’ chair after my swim today. It’s a sunny day, my living room has lots of windows and I propose to enjoy it while I work. Also, wanna bake some bread and I’d rather be working where I can actually hear the kitchen timer. I think it felt like some sort of mental dissonance to be working in bed once I got dressed.