At lunch time, for the first time in my life, I chose to eat SALAD. I did that because I want to lose some weight for the summer. I am not overweight. The picture that you see is from 4 years ago. I am almost like that same except of a little gut that I want to get rid off. :)
As I was eating the salad, I was thinking to myself, "damn, I am eating a salad." I realized, that I need to get fit, I not only need to hit the gym, but I need to change the way I eat as well, wich is VEEEERY WRONG. I EAT mucho malo, bad. I drink coffee during the day as if it was water. I don't eat a lot of veggies, nor fruits. That needs to change and it will.
The title of this post is egoes. Before I get to that, I want to share with you something amazed me: when I was about 15, I was present at a seminar about nutrition. The speaker said something that I haven't been able to forget ever since. He said "the poor and the rich think different because they eat different. " Now, I don't mean that I took this insight to heart. Had I done that, I would have probably taken very serious the issue of taking care of what you eat, excercise and so for. But the reason I didn't was because of one simple, yet very important truth: I AM VERY LAZY.
When I was a teenager, I used to belong to a group of gnostics. Gnosticism was an early Christian Sect that was very influencial before Christianity became an official religion. It was dismantled, its books burned in an effort to unify the newly created Christian religion by the Roman empire back in the 4th century.
Enough about history! In that group of gnostics, I was introduced to the concept of the ego. The ego, as I understood it, was the sum total of all the dirt that plage the personality of humans. That is envy, hate, fear, lust, gluttony, greed, lazyness or sloth, pride, anger, etc. It's all the bad habits, vices, outside dependencies, etc.
The ego is the cause of our misery. Our fear prevents us from moving forward in life. Hate keeps us from giving importance to the idea of being right in our minds, rather than being at peace with our loved ones or fellow human beings. Lazyness is what keeps us from experiencing abudance. Lazyness is the opposite of being dilligent, of being focused, having goals and working on them.
I realize I am EXTREMELY LAZY. Yes. I realize I don't move. And this is part of not being dilligent. This is why I tell you this: When I worked at Burberry last year, I met a very pretty girl named Monica. Monica was from South East Asia, but she was born in Argentina, and therefore spoke perfect Spanish. She is attractive and very smart.
I became friends with her because at the time she was working on the launch of a new website of hers and learning that I was working on becoming a photographer was enough for her to welcome me to her circle of friends.
Less than a year later, Monica is the proud owner of a store in a very cool boutique mall called The Limelight Marketplace located on 20th Street and 7th Avenue. Her shop, as well as her website, is called modalista.com, check it out. She accomplished that because she was very dilligent, and very focused on what she needed to accomplished. Monica is proof that we can indeed attain anything we want and that our limits are self-imposed.
It is almost 2am. I came home about 8, watched the Oscars, cleaned the kitchen, drank some wine, and ate some pasta. I was planning on listing stuff on ebay, reading, going to the gym, etc. I didn't everything I wanted to do. Time is very limited and we need to start using it wisely. Starting tomorrow at 7am. Hans is going to hit the gym for ONE HOUR. YES. ONE HOUR. and this will become my new routine. I have to do it. And I will.
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