Skillwork: Rowing Splits
Strength: Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1
Metcon: Partner Workout - 10 Min AMRAP
40 KB Swings (#53)
30 Burpees
20 Chest to Bar Pullups
10 Front Squats (#135/95)
One of your missions in life should be to discover your inner passion. Whether it is fixing cars, teaching students, practicing law or medicine, solving math problems, building wealth, hitting homeruns or spending time with loved ones - you should know what makes you tick - and then make every effort to do it on a regular basis.
On Monday, Diva texted me early in the day to see if I needed her help to teach class. When I wrote her back, I meant to write, 'no but if you can teach friday's class that would be a huge help.' Instead, 'I wrote if you can teach on Monday's that would be a huge help.' Of course later in the day when she showed up I asked what she was doing here before we both recognized where the confusion was. I told her the wrong day. Mistake on me. But since she was already there and I had a ton of work to catch up on with an inbox of emails to answer, I told her to go ahead and coach the kids at 4pm. She generously took me my offer.
Big mistake.
But before I delve into it, let's not overlook the fact that Diva did a fabolous job coaching class as she always does and the kids really enjoy her (especially as a nice break from hearing me everyday). The big mistake was realized later that night before I closed my eyes to catch zzzzz's.
Laying down with my head to the pill unwinding from a long day, something felt off as the feeling you get when you leave your house knowing as if you forgot something. For some reason my day just felt unfilled. It finally dawned on me. I realize what was missing was I didn't teach the 4pm class like I normally do. I know it sounds crazy and difficult to surmise, but you know what I'm talking about if you have the good fortune to do what you love to do each day and find yourself on vacation wondering why you are not having fun.
So on one hand, my day was productive by all measures, but it was NOT completely fueled by passion.
That day, I realized how much I love teaching Steve's Club class and how much purpose it gives me in life.
Find what you love to do and DO IT!
The greatest discovery any outsider could make about Camden is it's overriding response to failure: If it didn’t work last year, do it AGAIN this year (and if possible do it MORE).
Every year they pass more laws, hire more police, build more prisons, and sentence more offenders for longer periods-all without moving one inch closer to “ending” crime. If it didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they spend more money on schools, hoping to “fix” whatever’s wrong with them, and every year the schools remain stubbornly unfixed. Spending money didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they try to make the criminals go away, and every year they remain with us. We couldn’t shoehorn these criminals back into the “the mainstream” last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Maybe its time to TRY something DIFFERENT.
Afterall, IF Camden is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.
Much of my inspiration comes from Daniel Quinn in "Ishmael."
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