I make it out to run a couple times a week because I like being outside and moving. I’ve not been into the gym to lift in almost a month though. I used to go and imagine some random girl stopping me on the street to ask, “You’re so hot, would you like to sex me up?” Knowing that I will respond, “sorry, but I’m engaged,” has taken the oomph out of that fantasy.

I’ve been looking for something to help get me back in the gym since my concern for my health isn’t cutting the mustard. Perhaps I will start doing activities where not being in shape means dropping a person on my (and potentially their) face:

When you’re sitting at your desk working, do you ever realize that you’ve been tensing your shoulders? You just take a moment and let the tension drop? There are times when I sit and when I smoke that I have that same sort of relaxation, but on the inside.

I am just one little person in the world. I am not more valuable than anyone else and I don’t have to work so hard to prove that I am. I can just be me and everything will be ok. It’s so much easier than pretending to be the smartest and more important than everyone else — let someone else have the spot at the top of the pile. Humility means not having to compete so hard.