HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED/IMPROVED YOUR LIFE RECENTLY

mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
edited August 2006 in Strut Central
1. trying to give up fast food2. more work3. less recsnext up: regular, non-digging exercise
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  • DrJoelDrJoel 932 Posts
    Nice post.

    Re-investing in family time.
    Not underestimating my future.

    Next up: The Employment remix

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    1. Change of job role and lovely big salary increase
    2. More focus on non material entertainment

    Next up: Proper sustained exercise regime.

  • 1. Started jogging after a LONG hiatus.
    2. Opened up a CD instead of constantly dipping into savings.
    3. Finally said "good riddance" to the sucubus ex.

  • PonyPony 2,283 Posts
    1. Started running in the morning before work.
    2. Started promoting myself.
    3. Quit smoking (very very hard!)
    4. Spending more time with friends (lost the controlling GF!)
    5. Talking to my mother more often.

    Great thread BTW!

    RWM!

  • PonyPony 2,283 Posts
    sucubus


  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Chinese ginseng
    a forced downgrade to Mexican is saving me much $
    no more Whataburger
    frequent trips to Port Aransas

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    1. Started running in the morning before work.
    3. Quit smoking (very very hard!)
    4. Spending more time with friends
    5. Talking to my mother more often.

    Shit, add these to my next up section.

  • thropethrope 750 Posts
    went to school for the first time in 3 months (ignore the fact it was just summer)

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    Got married. Stopped smoking. Accepted to Law Journal. Must exercise to live an extra ten years so as to die at the same time as my new wife.

  • 1. Stopped assigning any value beyond personal value to records b/w started giving records to my close friends. (see big dude record zen)
    2. Stopped caring about the state of hip-hop.
    3. Trying to get in a few random acts of kindness per week.
    4. Taking care of alot of loose ends in life (getting around to sending thank yous to people, old debts repayed, etc.)

    excellent thread. its so crucial to think about this, i'm realizing hwo much I haven't done yet.

    dag

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts

    no more Whataburger

    one thing I miss about Texas....next to Fatburger, best fast food burger anywhere (and 3AM taquitos arent too shaby either)

    Eating a big ass bowl of oatmeal every AM...

    Eating a shit ton of spinach on the regular

    Havent had Taco Bell in about three months

    Stopped drinking eleveteen beers everytime I DJ, just beacuase they're free dosent mean I have to guzzle 'em I guess...club soda and lemon please.

    cut down on the dank, the impetus was a local drought, but even though the drought is over, I only buy an eighth about every 10 days or so now.

  • Accepted to Law Journal.

    link?


    i have improved my life by selling 90% of my furniture on craigslist within the past 3 days. for the next 25 days until my move, i will be sitting alone (on the floor) in my 4 cornered room staring at candles.

  • PonyPony 2,283 Posts
    Exercise seems to be a common one among Strutters, let's face it the isn't fun but it's

    Is there any Strutters that have been exercising on the regular for a long time? Is it true that you kind of get hooked after a while? Right now the shit is mad painful, but I feel so much healthier and energized, just got to stick to it!

  • meatyogremeatyogre 2,080 Posts
    1. Stopped assigning any value beyond personal value to records b/w started giving records to my close friends. (see big dude record zen)
    2. Stopped caring about the state of hip-hop.
    3. Trying to get in a few random acts of kindness per week.
    4. Taking care of alot of loose ends in life (getting around to sending thank yous to people, old debts repayed, etc.)

    excellent thread. its so crucial to think about this, i'm realizing hwo much I haven't done yet.

    dag

    speaking of which, thanks for the mustache, dude! that comedy LP is bodaciously mustachioed boner material!!!!

  • I particular enjoy the part about "yo teeth so buck you eat a melon through venetian blinds beetch!". The Troutman record is pure moostache as well.

    caller at me hommy , i got stock of a few crucial LA joints.

    carryon!

  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    Exercise seems to be a common one among Strutters, let's face it the isn't fun but it's

    Is there any Strutters that have been exercising on the regular for a long time? Is it true that you kind of get hooked after a while? Right now the shit is mad painful, but I feel so much healthier and energized, just got to stick to it!

    I joined the University gym at the beginning of the summer and have been going ~4 days a week, give or take. Mostly full-body weight training, cardio every now and then. After not having exercised with any sort of regularity in previous years, it has become a habit, just like anything else can be. I think the biggest motivator is seeing whatever results you're going for and building on them. Oh, and the wonderful variety of spandex butts that parade through - if that's your thing.

  • MangomanMangoman 549 Posts
    Does this mean you gots time for some Tennis?

  • MangomanMangoman 549 Posts
    1. Stopped assigning any value beyond personal value to records

    That's a good one! Though if sombody had given me the record or it was a gift then it would have personal value to a certain degree.... But there is a time when you will need to let it go, like Nocera on Sleeping Bag Records Let's Go, Leeeeetts llleeettts GO!!! Since it is Summertime!!!! (hearing the intro in my head...) OH SNAP I'M ROCKING THE NISSAN DOGGIES!!!!

  • 1. Bought a co-op in Riverdale in February
    2. Just got engaged in Venice.

  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    decided to aply to film school

    decided i want to open a record store

    found a girl unlike any ive ever met

    started meditating

  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts
    - Started doing 90 bicycle sit-ups every night before I got to be while listening to relaxing shit (Craig Kupka hollar).

    - Having a regular diet.

  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Stopped smoking.

    Preparing for my marriage this coming May.

    Started thinking about the future in a different way.

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    1. Bought a co-op in Riverdale in February

    sweet. do you mind me asking $ and # of rooms?

  • coldcutscoldcuts 388 Posts
    1. Going back to school.

    2. Waking up earlier nowadays. I want to enjoy the day more.

  • spivyspivy 866 Posts
    things that have changed:
    -moved in with my girlfriend
    -opened a savings account (took me long enough!)
    -more books in my life (reading is fundamental)
    things i probably should change:
    -cut back on beer (so tough...love the brew)
    -more cardiovascular exercise (ie: more bike riding)
    -stop wasting every day-off looking through piles of shitty records at thrifts and the like only to find a couple keepers...shit is getting old! (sadly-i doubt this will change...ha!)

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    - cut back on beer consumption , increased V8 consumption
    - new hobbies (photography & drums)
    - realizing that there is more to life than records! (no more all day Saturday digathons)
    - kid #2 to be born real soon
    - wake up early and do household chores

  • PonyPony 2,283 Posts
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  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I'm prepping for a 26 mile marathon, which will take place on Thanksgiving.
    Which means, I have to train 5 days out the week (to include weekends).
    This have caused me to give up cigarettes and cut way back on the booze.


    I'll be a new man come September.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts

    -cut back on beer (so tough...love the brew)

    Seriously. This was tough for me. It was more psychological than anything. It was a habit to grab a beer when I got home from work. Maybe have another when the kiddo hit the sack. Shit adds up. I gained like 15 lbs. in the last two years.

  • NateBizzoNateBizzo 2,328 Posts

    -Working out everyday
    -Buying lakefront property (Shelburne Point Holla)
    -Italy in a week
    -Prague in a month
    -Stopped buying $500 records every week
    -Re-learning to play the skin flute
    -Eating much more meat pie
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