This weeks test, setting up for the rest of the plan

I had spoken to my boss about being local for the months of December and January to help with my commitments for the "Chinese New Years" celebration. But as it's now past I realize that it's my turn to go out of town for my share of the workload. I had in years and months past blown my training commitments as I can get caught up in my workload and somehow tell myself that I'll catch up later, as soon as I get back I'll double up my actions and I truly believe it when I tell myself this and truly know I won't do it at the same time. So this week there I was standing in front of my old behaviour pattern and this time said "NO". I found the gym, I did pushups and sit ups in-between paperwork, left the hotel television off, basically doing what I could with the travel, work and time left at the end of the day. Being out of town did leave me with a crammed schedule for  Saturday, but most important was to stay with the flow of my training. Back at the office they know that Robert is busy Saturday morning with his "physio" as they've been conditioned to believe, yet I managed to make it to fitness, pick up my motorcycle from the shop, do laundry, take in date night, head out the next day for work and keep my numbers near where I wanted. I did get in late on Sunday and felt that blogging then wouldn't be from the heart, so I switched it to this morning.  Enough patting myself on the back,..........this isn't about me, it's about "being of service to others". When I am so "selfish" that it's going to be about me in every aspect of my life, I crash and burn, over and over. But when I'm selfish to build me in such a way that my experience will help/inspire/motivate others, the benefits are beyond anything I could imagine and at times comprehend. Earlier in the week the opportunity came to share my experience with several classmates on their journey and belt level and I was able to look back and through my journey pass along my experiences to help them move forward, to let them know they are not alone in this. "Date night", provided me a chance to sit beside an 11 year old boy at a hockey game that I had never met until that moment, I shared some of my wisdom and he some of his. When the game was over and it was time to say goodnight I asked him what were 3 things that he got out of our conversation; 1) always save something, never give your money to someone called a "Broker", 2) If you think education is expensive, try stupidity, 3) the "cool" kids will someday up size your fries(I told him to ask his Dad about this on the way home). The next day I spent an hour in the middle of nowhere at the end of my workday talking to a friend about career choices and helped unload some of the frustrations he was experiencing with choices when you can't see into the future, but with 35 years in the workforce, I offered what I could to help lighten the load. That's it for today, Robert.

Week two totals;
Pushups- 1377 (2882)
Sit ups- 730 (1760)
Forms- 20 (37)
Jacobs Ladder  1:20
Horse Stance 1:30
Gym-2 (5)