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The Animal Is Tired

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Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by blfr »

hedberg10 wrote: post #192
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #181

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Every time I stop, my quality of life drops like a lead weight. I have a sort of internal battle over this, but I love watching the numbers go up. They can’t forever and they won’t, but for the time being I find slipping another 2.5-5lb onto the bar incredibly gratifying. At the same time I know the numbers mean nothing and arriving, effort, and consistency are everything. Regardless, apart from god sleep, pushing my…

Don't get hung up on the numbers. What's gratifying now also has the power to be very demotivating later. Fall back to 75% or 50% every now and then and be conscious that it's not bad at all, but still progress. I don't know where you are in your lifting career, but it pays 5x later on, when numbers don't matter anymore. You'll be amazed how quickly you can build strength back up after a break or injury or how much m…

You start lifting to look better, to attract women. You keep lifting for yourself, to get these numbers up. Finally, you lift for no reason whatsoever, because you cannot imagine not doing it. Every one of these steps is great.

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

vessenes wrote: post #193
bitexploder wrote: post #154

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I’m not convinced anyone has ever read of of the Malazan series. Sure, it’s theoretically possible, but has anyone really read /every/ word? Jokes aside, I love epic fantasy, but that series was just a little too epic for me. Wheel of Time has a nice balance, you really get to meet the main characters, it just takes a while.

I read it all. I would say it needed a series re-edit. First book or two are really differently paced from the end; those two should probably get bulked up a bit, and pulled fully into the final story lore. Then the series needs a trim down, probably like 33% of pages. It's possible some of the story arcs need to be moved around as well for better readability. I have just specified like a decade of hard labor, I know…

I think I've reread Malazan about ten times now, generally once a year, and each time I get new things out of it.

And what I love the most is that he planned ten books rather than needing to shoehorn in extra books after planning a trilogy.

I absolutely adore the huge cast of characters and the fact that you kinda need to pay attention to get the most out of it.

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Post by cinntaile »

maxqin1 wrote: post #47
docmars wrote: post #28

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Out of curiosity, what did you change after you experienced kidney stones? What was easy about it? What was difficult?

#1 change: actually paying attention to what your putting inside you. Kidney stones were a long time ago now, I've been continuously evolving since, and I've been super lucky to have a lot of help with both the cooking and research along the way. One thing I learned specifically from that incident was that: Raw spinach != Cooked spinach. Specifically, the former has a specific chemical that will cause kidney stones.…

There is something ironic about claiming to eat healthy and regularly changing your diet due to new information. I don't mean this in an offensive way, it's not your fault dietary advice keeps changing. It just aptly reflects how little we know about food and the effect it has on the body.

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Post by tempestn »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #202
vessenes wrote: post #193

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I read it all. I would say it needed a series re-edit. First book or two are really differently paced from the end; those two should probably get bulked up a bit, and pulled fully into the final story lore. Then the series needs a trim down, probably like 33% of pages. It's possible some of the story arcs need to be moved around as well for better readability. I have just specified like a decade of hard labor, I know…

I think I've reread Malazan about ten times now, generally once a year, and each time I get new things out of it. And what I love the most is that he planned ten books rather than needing to shoehorn in extra books after planning a trilogy. I absolutely adore the huge cast of characters and the fact that you kinda need to pay attention to get the most out of it.

I struggle to understand how you even get through it in a year, let alone re-reading it every year.

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Post by mattmanser »

maxqin1 wrote: post #47
docmars wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of curiosity, what did you change after you experienced kidney stones? What was easy about it? What was difficult?

#1 change: actually paying attention to what your putting inside you. Kidney stones were a long time ago now, I've been continuously evolving since, and I've been super lucky to have a lot of help with both the cooking and research along the way. One thing I learned specifically from that incident was that: Raw spinach != Cooked spinach. Specifically, the former has a specific chemical that will cause kidney stones.…

Ugh, so you didn't learn anything apart from having yet another 'revelation'.

And that revelation is 'avoid raw spinach, but it's too late for me'.

You had Kidney stones. That does not make you a health Messiah, quite the opposite really.

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Post by tempestn »

bitexploder wrote: post #154
tempestn wrote: post #87

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To each their own. I've found Malazan to be quite a slog. Enjoyable in parts, but too many characters, too broad in scope for me. I'm on the final book now, and am going to finish it, but I'll feel more relief than anything when I'm done! The Assassin's Apprentice series, being from the first person perspective is in many ways its polar opposite. Each style has its advantages, but I've found I prefer stories where I…

I’m not convinced anyone has ever read of of the Malazan series. Sure, it’s theoretically possible, but has anyone really read /every/ word? Jokes aside, I love epic fantasy, but that series was just a little too epic for me. Wheel of Time has a nice balance, you really get to meet the main characters, it just takes a while.

Ha, I admit for the last couple of books I've resorted to Google's "read aloud" option to listen my way through it while working out and such things. So I'm getting the gist, but definitely not taking in every word (let alone reading them)!

It's been a long time since I read WoT. I recall tearing through the first few books that were primarily focused on Rand & party. Aside from female character perspectives being frustratingly one-dimensional and stereotypical, I found it great. But then it started broadening, where each book seemed to spend less and less time on the main characters, and instead introduced all these other factions and settings and such that didn't immediately tie in in any obvious way. It did all (mostly) come together eventually (with Sanderson's help), but again I feel like the important parts could have been told without spending so many pages in other places. But hey, that's just my taste; clearly others love that!

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

tempestn wrote: post #204
disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #202

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I think I've reread Malazan about ten times now, generally once a year, and each time I get new things out of it. And what I love the most is that he planned ten books rather than needing to shoehorn in extra books after planning a trilogy. I absolutely adore the huge cast of characters and the fact that you kinda need to pay attention to get the most out of it.

I struggle to understand how you even get through it in a year, let alone re-reading it every year.

I don't watch TV, and read for at least an hour per day.

I've been reading a lot since I was very, very young, and have gotten better at it. To be fair, I do have to stop myself from skimming, which is fine with most books but definitely not Malazan.

And also, I probably forget most of it after I finish it, until I read it again.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by teekert »

This hits home, I'm pushing 40 and I can hardly walk at the moment, probably because I was barefoot at home, on a hard floor, doing about 2500 steps a day (to the coffee machine and back). Before lock down I easily did 12000 on shoes... Then one day lock down ends and I go boxing, boom, over-strained feet. Now everything starts to ache because I haven't been able to move normally for months now. The animal requires maintenance, love, attention. So different from 20 years ago when it was always there when I needed it, always with 0 issues even if I skipped a night and went to work a full day after. I regret not caring for it better.

Regarding the feet: They think I wore down my fat pads, but only after I recently got x-rays and ultrasound investigations. Before that I was treated (treated is a big word for a bit of stretching and pain killers) as if I had plantar fasciosis.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by uvnq »

rubicon33 wrote: post #2

70? My animal is only 33 and is very tired. Writing this as it lays in bed, 3 in the afternoon, because even a standard chair sounds more exhausting to it. It seems to have no motivation or energy to do much besides lay here. If I force it, it will get stuff done but at a huge cost. It will yearn the entire time to just lay back down. It's interest in things seems to be fading quickly. What desire it used to have to…

Try avoiding distractions. I find that on days I go without the internet (other than for work) I become significantly less motivated and work is way harder to start. Not sure if that's even your problem but if it is then I hope this helps.

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Post by ahD5zae7 »

rubicon33 wrote: post #2

70? My animal is only 33 and is very tired. Writing this as it lays in bed, 3 in the afternoon, because even a standard chair sounds more exhausting to it. It seems to have no motivation or energy to do much besides lay here. If I force it, it will get stuff done but at a huge cost. It will yearn the entire time to just lay back down. It's interest in things seems to be fading quickly. What desire it used to have to…

Apart from great comments already posted, please read about "long covid". I'm not sure if it's officially recognized yet but it's a strange illness lately and a large number of people suffer from it. One of most important symptoms is chronic fatigue. I'm fighting it since last year and one thing I can say is that the fatigue is different from anything I experienced in my 43 year life. It's crippling and even getting up requires effort. Caffeine in large doses helps somewhat but only to an extent.

There's always been a "post viral fatigue syndrome" with many other viruses and it is a known phenomenon, maybe it's just a similar thing with Covid. Only it affects much more people I think. And most importantly you can get it after asymptomatic Covid, so you don't even know you had it.

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