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Over 44600 steps in three days

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Remind me to not do a weekend like this one ever again… At least not if I want to rest and be able to feel my legs. This weekend has been mental. I have the feeling Friday was years ago, not just a couple of days earlier. My shifts at the charity house were very quiet, which I’m thankful for. No fires, no burglaries, and no hospital emergencies of any kind. On Friday, I did my workout (I brought my dumbbells to the house, which sounds a bit stupid, but hey, I needed them), and it was brutal. It was, simply put, hardcore. There was one circuit, to be done four times (if I remember well) and it included burpees, and wall sits, and plank rows, and many other painful exercises… for 45 minutes. On Saturday morning, I left the house at 10.30am or so, and went to have a walk. I was meeting Sean for lunch at 1pm, so I had plenty of time. I walked by the river to London Bridge, and then …

The trick is to keep going

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Today I went back to full-on mode. It’s been an intense Monday, I would say, and even though I feel exhausted, I also feel alive. I woke up this morning with the aim to get my new favourite train to go to work. It arrives packed at my station, but everyone gets off the train at Lewisham, so I can then choose where I want to sit. It also stops by my office, so it’s a super win-win train of happiness. Of course, I hadn’t factored in the road works that are plaguing Lewisham. I could have made it to the train on time, if it hadn’t been because the pedestrian crossing was closed and they forced us to walk back and around the roundabout, instead of letting us cross straight, as usual (FYI, I’m walking to the station tomorrow). I didn’t let my annoyance take the best of me, and was lucky to enjoy a lot of banter with Oummou and Brian, who were both a train ahead of me (and a slightly more …

TGIF. No, seriously.

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It’s always interesting when I learn of someone else in my circle who reads this blog… I never really expect people who know me to actually read it, but I guess curiosity is quite a strong temptation to resist. First of all, let me clarify something: I’m not in such a dark place as to do something silly. A few people have talked to me since my last post, asked me how I was feeling (aw, thanks guys) and then expressed they were worried about me. Don’t be, I’m alright. Everyone has periods of time when they feel a bit down and others when everything seems to look bright. Right now, I’m not in a pitch-black place, let’s say it’s more of a twilight area (not the sparkly type though!), but that’s the beauty of life, it’s a bloody roller coaster. If everything was peachy all the time it would be pretty boring. Last weekend I was feeling completely out of life points. You know those video games when you get hit and your stamina …

Not your usual week

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This week has been bumpy, to say the least. It feels like the longest week ever! My friend left the company we work(ed) for. I think it was on Wednesday, when he gave me a call to let me know he was at home and not an employee anymore. I don’t want to go into much detail about it, because it’s not my story to tell, but believe it or not, it had a massive impact in my overall mood for the rest of the week. We used to have lunch together pretty much everyday, and pretty much for the past… three years, maybe? That’s a hell of a habit there… And suddenly, it was gone. Wednesday was weird. Funnily enough, many people were coming up to me asking me if I was OK, which I found both funny and sad. On Thursday, I was meant to attend my Pilates session, but I decided to go drinking with my friend instead, see how he was doing and have some fun. We went to our signature …