I live in a small house by myself. I have a small lounge, a small television, a small table… In my lounge room I have a treadmill. I love it. I run on it every morning. While I run, I look out the window. I admire the house across the road, it has a small veranda, the turtle ornament in the garden near the burgundy mailbox is slightly chipped, and the grass always seems to need mowing. I listen to my feet as they slam so consistently on the track, never missing a beat. It’s a marvellous invention, it really is. It catches my steps as I am running towards nowhere. I can run for hours on end, and never have to leave the space of my lounge room.
Once I’m finished I quickly shower, before readying myself for work. I love it. It’s a routine; I do it every morning. From here, I’ll watch my neighbour do yoga while I eat my breakfast – toast, just like every morning. She loves yoga, she does it every morning.
As soon as it’s my lunch break at work, I drive home and run on my treadmill for thirty minutes. While I run, I look out the window, admiring the house across the road. I take another shower, eat my lunch, and drive back to work. I know, it’s a waste of petrol. But I love it, it’s routine.
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I would usually run on the treadmill while I watch the lights turn off and on in different rooms of the house across the road. I love that routine; I do it every night. Tonight is different though, I’m running and no lights turn on. No car appears on the driveway. No pretty girl walks through the door. I worry. This isn’t my routine. I sit there for hours and wait for her arrival. Soon enough, the sky is lit grey and its time for my morning run. I run on my treadmill while I watch the house across the road, but no girl comes out and does yoga. Her driveway is empty and her house is
After a long day at work, people tend to participate in leisure activities such as eating at one of the restaurants or going to a bar for a few pints and don’t leave much time for fitness activities that has a bad effect on your
the laws because America was allowing the immigrants to come over to the United States and
In order to scare us, books, movies, and television shows will take the most ordinary things and make it into a monster. For instance, the movie IT takes a clown and turns it into a child eating predator. Some people had been scared of clowns before the movie came out but afterwards, it definitely made more and more people terrified. Also, in the short story The Fall of the House of Usher, there is a crevice in the house that goes straight down, and in the end of the story, when the Usher siblings die, the house “dies” with them. This can create a paranoia that if there is a fissure in a stone or brick wall, it could collapse. This might also be the case in the short story House Taken Over.
Ok, the thing that surprised me the most was definitely the “Failed to Yield, Driver
I read the sad news of losing Rocky, your precious boy. How very difficult this must be for you and my heart breaks. May heaven help soothe your broken heart and may you know that Rocky was brought home by your beautiful Angel. He is in very good hands and want you to be happy because you are a very special lady with a beautiful
One spring, Danny was on a high school baseball team. They worked hard together and won the state championship his senior year. The next spring, he was a member of the 101st Airborne, on patrol with his squad in unfamiliar territory. And a few springs later, he was boarding a plane home ... wondering what he would do now.
Legally when you turn eighteen, you are considered to be an adult. Although this is prevalent, many eighteen year olds are still treated as immature children. Not yet being eighteen, and knowing I still have two years till I “reach maturity”, I personally feel I have matured more quickly than others my age. When I am stressed, delighted, or infuriated I feel as though I handle all manners and emotions at a mature level. In my life, my level of maturity goes unnoticed due to my age.
The running phenomenon has blended into society in many different aspects of our lives. This does not only include track and field, but also cross country, road-racing, and jogging for health and leisure. Many Americans make running an essential part of their day. Running is not only good for your heart and lungs, but it is very beneficial for relieving stress, keeping your metabolism high, and keeping you trim and muscular. Another expanding characteristic of running is using it as a social experience. It is a part of people’s routine to meet with friends and to catch up with one another.
Both social and personal stigma can be used to predict how likely a person is to get professional help (Barney & Griffiths & Form & Christensen 2006). People who are more aware of public stigma are less likely to try to get help from a professional (Wang 2015). Internalizing stigma about receiving treatment for depression makes people less likely to get help (Barney & Griffiths & Form & Christensen 2006).
The dumbest thing I have ever done was gone to an abandoned asylum while I was in high school. The asylum was in Forest Heaven and it was closed off from the public except for the fact that there was a real Mental Hospital and military base around the area. Me and a couple of friends decided to go check it out at night. To get to the asylum however you had to walk through a forest as roads into the asylum were closed off and gated by the military compound. We did not take into account that the forest was plagued with poison ivy and ticks. So when we went and walked through the forest twice we were covered in bites and poison ivy marks. I discovered that I had poison ivy the next day when I had marks all throughout my legs and hands. Later that
Also, there are treadmills kept closer to one another. This in turn makes one conscious about their selves. This helps me relate to the idea of Foucault’s Panopticon where he describes “Visibility as a trap”(). What he means by this is, being visible at times is also a trap. You can be caught anytime if you are doing something incorrect. In my example of a treadmill, another person also using the treadmill watches you. You are constantly conscious and try to look what the other person is up to and try to compete him/her. This generates a competitive spirit and thus, people push themselves in order to prove their selves. It not only enhances your body but also aids in developing self-confidence.
Let's be honest, we lead an easy life: automatic dishwashers, riding lawnmowers, T.V. remote controls, automatic garage door openers, power screwdrivers, bread machines, electric pencil sharpeners, etc., etc. etc. We live in a time-saving, energy-saving, convenient society. It's a wonderful life. Or is it? While today's luxuries have been welcomed by the masses, they have also been accused of turning us into passive, lethargic couch potatoes. As a reformed couch potato myself, I know how easy it can be to slip into an inactive lifestyle. I also know how sluggish and apathetic such a lifestyle can make me feel. Today I want to urge you to move off that couch and get your body moving. Regular walking can reduce your risk for many diseases and improve both your mental and physical health.
Where can we go today? Whenever we I went outside in jogging, I feel great because going outside in jogging expose me to the gashora community’s environment. Moreover, I gained determination, persistence, and the attitude to stay strong and focus toward my dream. Thus, jogging developed me as an individual both physically, socially, academically, and mentally.
Moving from one place to another is a necessity for almost every living organism. Whether it be sliding, walking, jumping, crawling, or flying, movement is bound to happen sometime. Humans like to move from place to place quickly without doing any work. Since running is work, humans generally avoid it if possible. There tends to be some unfavorable expression like a grimace or a sigh accompanying the quote, “I think I have to go running.” Although hated among many people throughout the world, the positive sides of running can be enough to turn the lazy into the hardworking. Running is an excellent choice for physical and mental enhancement because it keeps one active, relieves stress, and is a good self-esteem booster.
I have already walked today. After a group strength training class at 5:30 a.m. an acquaintance and myself went on a brisk walk to cool down afterwards instead of participating in the fifteen minutes of instructed stretching. I am reminded of this as I just felt my wrist vibrating—my FitBit has just notified me of my ten thousand steps before noon. The pride in my accomplishment quickly disappears as I realize I am more focused on gaining steps instead of being present in my walk. This technology that has been made to motivate now dictates my daily routine. No way am I present, I’m more focused on making goals. Certainly this is not what is considered meditative. “What in the world am I going to write about?”