To feel is to live and love is the most rewarding feeling. – M L Wood
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Could We Find Ourselves With a 15 Hour Work Week?
Oscar Wilde once said, “Work is the refuge for people who have nothing better to do.” This comment got me thinking about our current societies (Western ones), where we glorify how long we work per week or the type of work we do is seen as some sort of badge of honour and a big […]
Life
Ask yourself, what have I done with my life? what have I achieved or changed or contributed to. I have noticed most people who have reached a certain age, have no proof they have lived a long life other than the age on their passport. M L Wood
My Fitness Journey – Day 58 When Training Gets Tough Mentally
Hello and welcome to The Growth Philosophy. Today marks the 58th day of my fitness journey, a journey that i will continue hopefully for life and a journey that is hard physically but also emotionally and mentally. This past week or so has presented a few challenges which i will go over in this post. […]
The Blessing of Language
The gift of language is both a blessing and a curse. How perverse it is to behold the beauty of expressing love and joy, whilst on the other hand suffering through the pain of negative self talk. – M L Wood
My Fitness Journey – Day 49
Hello and welcome to The Growth Philosophy, here is another quick fitness update! This week i did things a little differently in order to limit injury and get through a busy first week back at work after the new year. I managed 3 gym workouts this week and well as 2 runs, my average steps […]
What Are Dreams? They May Be More Real Than You Think.
The world was dark. That was until the man opened his eyes. He opens his eyes and feels the world around him before anything else. What are these colors? he thinks to himself. He moves to get up, or tries to, before looking down. His eyes finally catch up with the rest of his senses. […]
Running Progress 2020 My Fitness Journey Day 44.
Today marks day 44 of my 90 day fitness journey! Almost half way, wowy. Just a quick little update, today i ran a 5km, for the second time in less than a week and i shaved more than 3 minutes off of my time! Stoked haha Behold. The next part of my 90 day challenge […]
My Fitness Journey – Day 42
Hello and welcome to my latest fitness update! Day 42 of 90 and time is really flying by. This week overlapped with New Years and again, made for a difficult time getting the training in around all the festivities. I managed to get two work outs in and a few runs. Clocking the body over. […]
2019 In Words – M L Wood
Here are some prose and poems of mine from 2019. “How bewildering it is to look into your own eyes and see such sorrow.” “She loves the simplest things in life. Freshly bloomed flowers and the sound of rain on her roof at night. Yet, she chose me, a broken thing.” “I […]
