Advice for the day: Know your limits.

I've been a slacker when it comes to posting every day, but I've been pretty busy. My dad's 50th birthday celebration was Saturday, and we were outside by the pool stuffing our faces until around 10:00. Then on Sunday I went to Newspring and watched Justin and Brittan get BAPTIZED!!! Amen! After that, I went back over to my dad's for an hour or so to do a little swimming, headed back to Tiger town, and finished off the weekend with a little bit of homework! Exciting, right?

Now that we're caught up, I'm going to discuss limits. We all have them, but few of us recognize our own. Take me, for instance. I'm running on the treadmill (at 5:30 AM)...I normally alternate running and walking using five minute intervals. Today, however, I decided I was going to run the whole time. I ignored my racing heart, the sweat pouring out all over my skin, and and fact that I was gasping for air. It wasn't until I got off the treadmill that I realized I'd exceeded my limit. I'm pretty sure it's not normal for a human being to sweat as much as I have this morning. I have enough salt and water dripping from my shoulder blades to support a wide variety of sea life. Not to mention, I feel on the verge of passing out or throwing up...hopefully not simultaneously.

So why do we push ourselves past our limits? I'll tell you why. We set unrealistic expectations of ourselves and we feel like we've failed if we don't meet them. As for me, my expectations are PERFECTLY realistic...by next week, I'll look like this:

I've overwhelmed by all the similarities already...