{"id":19984,"date":"2014-04-21T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=19984"},"modified":"2014-04-21T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T18:05:01","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2014\/04\/21\/progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"From last September<\/a> until now, I\u2019ve made progress.\r\nI acknowledged my penchant for lying around, and I made solid goals to get myself moving. I also reached these goals and am currently in the process of reaching others. I completed two registered classes. I became a lover of both the plank<\/a> and pirouette<\/a>. I went to the gym and tried trampoline dodgeball<\/a>. I took a few walks<\/a> here and there in the good ol\u2019city of Toronto. I was up for any challenge.\r\n\r\nI took risks.<\/strong>\r\n I became less self-conscious. <\/strong>\r\n I\u2019ve made progress. <\/strong>\r\n\r\nFrom my first post to this very lost post, I made the leap from being inactive to active. And throughout my journey over the past eight months, I\u2019ve learned that my body can do amazing things.<\/strong> I can jump, run, stretch, twirl, and lift. Becoming physically active helped me ease into the idea that it\u2019s not about how I look, or what societal convention that I can fit into. It's about what I can do and how I can move freely and be healthy.\r\n\r\nThere were some days when I admit I did nothing. But I also found a way to pick myself back up and get moving again. There were also days when I remembered that by being active, I will actually get more things done.<\/strong> I would go to a Pilates class, and then be able to focus on my studies. Productivity needs to come from some sort of activity in order to get the momentum going.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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We made it. VIA FIREBONES.TUMBLR.COM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNow that this blog is ending for this semester, all I can say is that we are in the homestretch. It's<\/strong>\u00a0exam season, and we can conquer this!<\/strong> With essays\/assignments and tests, it\u2019s easy to just slip back to old habits. My books might be calling me to hole myself up in my room for days end, but I refuse to give up on my hard work. After all, being physically active isn\u2019t a temporary goal, but a lifestyle.\r\n\r\nHere\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing for the remainder of exam season to keep my lifestyle goals in check:\r\n\r\n1) For every half hour of studying, take a 5-10 minute break and stretch.<\/strong>\r\nKeep that blood circulating!\r\n\r\n2) Hit the gym twice a week, either before or after library visits. <\/strong>\r\nExercising is now officially the best friend of studying. It\u2019s a win-win situation for conditioning both the mind and body.\r\n\r\n3) Try a drop-in class one a week.<\/strong>\r\n<\/b>Since registered classes are finished, I plan to keep myself going by heading to the Athletic Centre and trying out a drop-in<\/a> class that\u2019s new to me each week. Adding spontaneity will help with my studying, as I will be able to break away from a monotonous routine of burying my head in the books during exam season.\r\n\r\n4) Explore a bit of Toronto!<\/strong>\r\nI need to refresh myself and get out of the campus bubble. I want to take advantage of the fact that the weather is now nice enough for average human being to not turn into an icicle. Therefore, I should start walking around the city again and go on adventure mode away from the campus.\r\n\r\n5) Take a rest, and relax.<\/strong>\r\nTreat yo\u2019self. No explanation needed.\r\n\r\nWe all start off as beginners, but as time goes by, we change. As for me, I'm\u00a0always looking for something new to try out\u2014that\u2019s the best habit I\u2019ve developed this year.<\/b>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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A dance of celebration. VIA GIF-DATABASE.TUMBLR.COM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/b>\r\nI'm getting the hang of this. I can totally do this.\r\n\r\nAre you ready exam season?\r\n\r\n-Amanda","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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