Skit

Ok everyone, part of becoming older is more people are younger than you.  This means more people looking up to you both figuratively and literally.  Please give everyone a brief discussion of the theme of your skit, along with the character you will be playing and the setting where it will take place. There may be humor in your skit bu the overall mood needs to be serious.  The younger students watching these need to get the point that these are real life issues that they will face and the better decisions they make the less stress they will have.

Half way home!

I hope everyone had a relaxing enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! Congratulations on 14 days of trying to rid yourself of a bad habit. I am sure you all learned that it is not easy to change your ways in life. You are half way to getting rid of the habit  and I hope you continue to stay health and committed to your new routine! I will always be here to support you and feel free to post you daily thoughts here as you go forward! 

Habit project day 14

Habit project day 13

Habit project day 12

Habit Project Day 11

Keep it up everyone!  Every year I learn so much about myself doing this project both as a participant and a viewer of all of your journey's.  Nothing easy is worth doing so battle through the hard work!

Habit project day 10

Sorry everyone but here it is day ten! Really buckle down and show a lot of will power in the last few academic days of your project! See in I. The morning!

Habit Project Day 9

So yesterday I avoided the T.V. again although I admit I wanted to turn it on.  I think I was still exhausted from a busy weekend of first communions, christenings and yard work.  I really did not have any time to just rest at any point.  So Lilly and I played and danced and read books and eventually it was time to leave for my basketball game. Worked up a good sweat and our team got the win and next week we move into the playoffs as the two seed.  I really need to continue working out though because I can feel my legs are weaker than they have been in the past and my right knee is sore but it is what it is.  I also am planning on doing a seven day cleanse in the near future which I have done in the past.  Keep working hard everyone!

Habit Project Day 8

    And here starts week number two.  For those of you who have avoided your triggers it has been seven days since you did you bad habit!  I hope if you have not completely avoided your triggers that you saw some improvement.  It is now time to buckle down and plan for an even better week.  Stay motivated and take one day at a time.  Each day you succeed is one day farther away from your bad habit.  The farther away you get the easier it can be to rid yourself of it.
     My weekend was very busy from a christening on Friday, to a first communion all day Sunday.  On Saturday I painted a shed for my dad and did other odd jobs around there house.  No official workouts on Saturday or Sunday but the working and painting around the house for 5 hours had its conditioning involved.  Tonight I have a basketball game at 7pm and then I look forward to some workouts for the rest of the week!  I ate a lot of food this weekend being at parties so I want to have a great week of activity and healthy foods with good portion control.  Good luck everyone!

Habit Project Day 7 Sunday May 17th

Habit Project Day 6 Saturday May 16th

Habit Project Day 5

The most amazing thing happened this morning, well not really relative to most of the world, but amazing for my world.  Yesterday I avoided my trigger because I had my golf league right after school and did not get home until 7:00.  I then hooked up with my buddy for trivia at 8:00 and returned home at 10:30. This meant no workout for me so far so I said I would get up early and workout in the morning.  This is something I never do and when my alarm went off I said there is no way this is happening.  But then I thought about how good the week has been and leting all of you and myself down so I just got up and did a strength and cardio 15 workout!  Hooray me!
     Now we all move into the weekend and this means routine change.  You have to set up a plan to avoid your triggers without the 7 hours of school to fill the morning and mid day.  I know you all can do it and remember most of the time you are your own worst enemy!  Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday!

Habit project Day 4

Happy Thursday everyone!  Yesterday I got home changed threw, not literally, Lilly in her jogging stroller and ran 2.2 miles.  It does not seem harder to run pushing the stroller physically but I definitely am not going as fast so it must be,  I came inside and the couch and T.V were there.  I went to the deck and blew bubbles will Lil and tried to avoid my trigger.  She then lead me to books on the coffee table in front the COUCH and T.V.  I did not turn it on which was hard to not do but read with her.  I found myself looking at the clock every minute trying to get to 5:30.  As I sat on the couch I found myself dozing off and thought of all you nappers out there.  We then got up and ran around and I made it again! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!  At this point I headed back to SPCC for our golf meeting for the tournament coming up on June 6th.  When I got home I relaxed knowing I did my goal but at nine my wife said I am going to do a workout so I said I would join her.  This is showing me I am getting into a routine where I know if I miss a day I will feel annoyed with myself! Keep it up all, see you in school!

Habit Project Day 3

Yesterday was another unplanned day.  Lilly came to see me at school around 3:00pm because she had her one year doctors appointment at 4:00pm.  This was not fun for Lilly because she got blood work done and 3 shots so needless to say she was not a happy camper.  The second she saw the doc came in she knew and started wailing away.  We left the doctors office and I had to head back to SPCC to grab her diaper bag I left at school.  No father of the year for me yesterday.  We then headed to me friends house who has 3 kids one 2 and a half years old one the same age as Lilly and we met 3 week old baby Hannah!  By this time it was 5:45 so I avoided my trigger of the couch, home, and the T.V.!  However, I had no time to work out yet.  I stayed at my buddies until 7:00ish and left to go home where I did some things around the house, fed Lilly, changed her, and prepared her end of the night bottle.  M wife came home and we cooked dinner and put Lilly down.  Now it was 8:00 and still no workout.  We lazily stayed on the couch until 9:30 and then I found a core workout online and banged it out in 15 minutes and got ready for bed.  Another successful busy day and I plan today on running right after school because I have no plans immediately after school.  I do have a golf committee meeting at 7:00 so I need to workout before then or it will be tough to do after that.  Good luck everyone and see you in a bit!

Habit Project Day 2

      Hi everyone and good luck on this journey we will be taking together!  The best part of this is that you do not have to do this by yourself.  If you ever feel like your struggling or just need some advice talk to myself or your peers in class or use this blog to communicate your thought, feeling, or strategies with a bunch of people trying to do the same thing as you, give up a bad habit.
     Here is my first day habit post in which I would like you to state the habit you are getting rid of, the triggers that cause it to happen, and the strategy you will implement to pave the way for success.  In Mathew 18:8 it states, "If your hand or foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away.  It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire."  I am not asking anyone to cut off any body parts but we are all trying to cut out a part of our lives that does not allow us to reach the best we can be as a person.
     My bad habit is being unproductive from 3:30 to 5:30 on school days.  I come home and want that break to relax, I usually feel tired and groggy so I sit down and watch T.V. or just wait for the time to pass not really enjoying the time I have with Lilly or whoever else I am with.  this is triggered by being home, sitting on the couch, or not having anything planned to do.  To combat this habit I am going to run with Lilly when I get home, I will text my mother or mother-in-law when I am on my way home to get Lilly ready for a run, and I will plan my schedule for the week on Sunday so I have stuff to do each day during that time period.  I want to change this habit and be a happier more productive person but I know it will be hard.
     Day one showed me why it is hard to break a habit.  I managed to avoid my trigger of home but missed my run because we had a faculty meeting that went to 5:30pm.  Now this through a loop in my run because I had a basketball game in Framingham at 7:00pm so I went home said hi to my wife and Lilly and headed out to Framingham.  As I was on the Mass Pike my car started to rattle and I did not think I was going to make it to the game so I slowed down and said a prayer because we only had five guys and I did not want to be the reason we had to forfeit.  I made it about 20 minutes later and entered the gym to eventually find out the other team only had three players and they were forced to forfeit.  This was extremely frustrating and in my opinion very disrespectful to show up with not enough players without calling earlier in the day to inform us they would not be there.  So as I drove home I realized I did not run and now I did not play in the basketball game so my level of physical activity includes walking around at school and that is it.  Thankfully my car made it the 40 minute drive home and I walked into Lilly sleeping on my wife.  If was pretty cute.  Anyways I said I am going to go for a run and I ran 2.2 miles and felt pretty good doing it (better than I did last week).  I felt very proud of myself for accomplishing the run because I had a dozen excuses not to but did not use them.  I thought of all of you and this project and the community of support and said I would not be a good role model if I came in and used an excuse to accomplish my goal.  Life will throw you obstacle after obstacle and sometimes it is how we adapt that makes us successful.  I can't wait to see what today brings!

Habit Project Day 1

How to Break Bad Habits

The Journey Begins

     Life is a journey that we sometimes are constantly waiting for things to end and not enjoying the moments of this journey we are on.  I am as guilty of this as anyone and our habit project will give us a chance to change something we do consistently that does not add to us reaching our potential as a person.  I will be running when I get home from school with Lilly.  This period of time for me is when I am low energy therefore I am not giving my best to the people around me.  Running gets the heart pumping adding energy to the rest of my evening.  The strategies I am going to use is having my mom and mother-in-law put Lilly in the jogging stroller when I am on my way home so she is ready to go.  I hope this leads me to more positive thinking, more energy, and an overall better healthy stronger body!
      As you embark on your journey feel free to give suggestions to your fellow classmates.  Stick with your new life style, you just may like it better than the one your in now.  Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our routine we miss seeing all the other ways to live.  Good luck and I pray you all do well!