Good morning! So here I am, day 4 of the Government Shutdown.
If you are new to my blog, well, my blog is also new! I started blogging when I was forced by the government to be home. As a federal employee deemed “non-essential”, I suddenly have a lot of free time! While it’s been relaxing so far, I’m sure once the bills arrive, and I haven’t been paid, it won’t be as relaxing! Ugh!
Anyway, I’m shifting focus today from the shutdown to what does one do when they suddenly have free time?? I decided to embark upon the Couch to 5K program, otherwise known as C25K. For anyone who hasn’t heard of this just yet, it is basically a program that takes you literally off the couch, to running 3.1 miles. At my 47 years of age and a mostly sedentary lifestyle, this is a big deal! Sure, I was walking sporadically on my lunch hour, 2.2 miles in fact, with the ladies in my office. But walking and running are two different beasts! And now that we are home, and gone our separate ways, I decided to dust off the treadmill up in the bonus room and give this a shot.
The C25K is a 9 week program. If I can stick with it, I will complete the program the first week of December. While you can visit the website http://www.coolrunning.com to get the program details, I downloaded a free app onto my Kindle. I rest the Kindle on the console of my treadmill, but if you will be running outside, or at the gym, you might want to find an app for your smartphone instead! But I love that the app tells me when to start running or walking, complete with countdown timers. Makes it really easy to follow the program! So I completed Week 1 Day 1 yesterday, and it wasn’t that bad … I’ll keep you updated on my progress!
My biggest fear is that when I return to work, I will again make excuses to not work out when I get home. However, I am hoping that exercise will have become a habit by then!
Besides exercise, I of course am also shifting my focus into working from home. If now isn’t the perfect time to start looking at the many options to earn an income from home, then I don’t know when is! We all need a Plan B. For those of us who have dabbled in MLM (multi-level marketing) before, with or without success, or those who are looking to get started, here is a great place to start:
http://www.website.ws/cmurph
Have a great day!
Catie
Catie Murphy
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