Thinking Moving Being

I’m sitting here only several feet to a door that is open letting in the dampness and chatter of the rain. At least 3 different birdsong gives melody to the rains rhythm. I’ve got a cup coffee sweetened with a touch of honey and a lit candle adding some warmth to the grey and cold morning.

Over the years I’ve come to think that rather than trying to figure out who I am I should act in accordance with that person that I want to be.

I fail at this more often than I care to admit.

Discipline. I want to have it tattooed somewhere on my body.

It’s not that I don’t have any discipline. I’ve recently changed some of my habits by dropping undesirable ones and adding in new ones. I’ve recently added about 15 lbs. of fairly lean bodyweight through training with barbells. Despite these successes I’m not where I want to be yet. I’m not who I want to be yet. That person that I want to be acts in a certain way. Those actions are indicative of both the path and the destination.

I believe we all have more control over our lives than we know.

Right now I help people improve their mobility and get stronger as a personal trainer. My goal is to further my education in philosophy while trying to be the best trainer I can be. As I mentioned above my current training is strength focused and barbells are my primary implement. Training is only complemented with walking outside, yoga, mobility work, and meditation.

My main focus in philosophy is Being in Time by Martin Heidegger. I am currently making a quick first run through trying to get a grasp of the entire project. The book isn’t entirely foreign to me. I received my B.A. in philosophy. The first class that truly shook me was a class in continental philosophy. We spent the first half of the semester reading the introduction to Being and Time and the essay Question Concerning Technology.

For now, however, I am in the initial stages of my project with my quick read. I’ll go back through for a closer reading supported mainly with books by Magda King and Richard Polt.

The greeks were onto something with philosophy and athletics. With all due respect to the mind/body problem and those that study it, the real mind/body problem is the cultivation of one and not the other.