Marching madness retrospective

The ‘month of marching’ is now behind me and whatever I may not have improved with regard to velocity, I have done so with intentionality. The brevity of these physical endeavors was a highlight, it’s surprising fatigue might be its lasting exception. I might claim I feel improved balance, or generously ‘lighter’ on my feet throughout my daily activities, although it may be compensatory from the acute lower body lethargy that follows. Although nothing approaches the residuals of heavy squats.

Much like my SMoML, I plan to continue to march madly twice per week, as fatigue and (to a far lesser extent) time - convenience rather - allows. I still usually stretch in ten minute increments between one and five times daily, for which I have noticed the shift from ‘goal’ to ‘habit’. Habits, I argue are activities ingrained to an extent where writing it down is superfluous, goals rather must be made quite explicit and re-visited religiously.

I am forgoing the month of April for these monthly ‘challenges’ as I’d like these goals to settle in naturally as habits, and my days do ‘feel’ satiated currently. I did however, conjure up future premises under which I may pursue further, namely: performing any activity 10 times to adequate success (normalizing success, perfection to a far lesser extent - assume each activity has a relative success rate of between 60 and 80 percent), practicing full focus (i.e. looking at the action) or meditating in a more present, less detached sense and finally - the most daunting - a more conscious effort to do this very activity (reflective writing).

In an ironic way, the first and third of these ideas present a very noticable truth about my operation - lots of beginnings, much fewer finishings. Perhaps not a goal in the strict sense of the word but a focus of mine should be finishing. For another month though, of course…