Cabeeb is the blog and online alter-ego of Caleb White, a Dallas-based Web designer, musician, entrepreneur, and all-around swell fellow[citation needed]
When not blogging, he can usually be found at his online summer home, http://calebwhite.me.
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I’ve been eating eggs a lot lately. I hard boil a batch of a dozen or two, and munch on them over the course of a week. And without fail, the line from Beauty & the Beast gets stuck in my head:
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Every morning to help me get large
And now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs
So I’m roughly the size of a barge
Dude, Gaston’s a freaking beast, man.
This happens every now and then. Inexplicably and without warning, I am suddenly overcome with motivation and a desire to better myself in one way or another.
This particular instance of it is regarding getting in better shape. It hit sometime last week for reasons unknown. Since I’ve been terribly apathetic about that whole aspect of life for several months now, I’m embracing it whole-heartedly.
These kinds of moods typically leave me as quickly as they came. I fully expect to wake up any day now and suddenly not care any more. “Eh… I’ll run tomorrow.” “Water’s so bland; I want a soda!” “I haven’t eaten a bowl of Crisco in FOREVER!”
All that to say, I’m trying to make the most of it while I can. Running and biking frequently; eating well; drinking lots of water. It’s going well so far; I’m actually really enjoying it.
And using lots of semicolons.
Step 1: Grow your hair out:
Step 2: Cut it off:
Eat that, Jenny Craig.
I’m in one of those moods where I feel like everything is going to change.
I’m going to better myself. I’m going to read more. Play more music. Get my finances in order. Hone my web skills. Spend more time with people. Get in better shape. Write more. Listen to new music. Be more proactive at work. Journal. Be outside more. Make new friends. Be a better friend to the ones I’ve got. Pray more.
Expand my horizons.
I’m tired of working until 5:00 every day, going home, and biding my time until I go to work the next day. Naps, video games and television shows fill my free time. And I’m tired of it. I keep putting off living my life until some indistinct time in the future when it’s more convenient. I’m living my life right now one way or another whether I want to or not. And looking back on my 18-year-old self and not seeing much growth since then doesn’t make me feel too swell.
So, for various reasons, both conscious and sub-, I’m in that mood today. Motivated to better myself. And I’m hoping that by writing them out and posting them up while I’m motivated to do them, I might actually do some of the things listed above when I’m not.
Oh, and get a haircut.
So, I started jogging last week after close to a year off. Health issues had kept me from being able to jog regularly, and it was starting to drive me crazy. Not only do I want to get in better shape for Summer, but our neighborhood is absolutely amazing, and I’ve been wanting to jog around in it for a long time now. But, I finally got those issues solved, and am starting to get back in the routine. Unfortunately, I’m barely able to break a mile right now, and I’m sure it will take me a while to get back up to snuff.
Doesn’t bother me, though. I’m just happy to be able to do it again. All that remains to be seen is if I actually keep up with it after the initial joy starts to wear off.
All I need now is some Nike+ stuff.