My life is quiet. I live a simple life. There's a world out there with all sorts of activity with emotions that climb the heights, plunge into the depths, or hang out at some middle plane. From what I understand in my sabbatical from the news, 2020 has been about a lot of uncorked emotion.

Is this good? I cannot say for society and frankly am largely indifferent. I do know that for as long as people have been around, they've wanted that green grass on the other side of the fence. In context to an environment of virtual magnetization of followers, I suppose with today's marketers and their hyper-whetting the appetites of their targets, maybe unmet desire is fueled at a greater rate. Frustration inevitably follows.

But, I cast all that aside. My observations in of any beyond my own scope, has little practicality. Again, my life is quiet and I try to squash that nasty bug of materialism when he squirms into my life. The problem with want is that it's never quenched by stuff.

As far as emotions go, they are a knife. They can be constructive or devastating. Lately, I've been tapping into emotions and using them for my workouts. Training sometimes can come off without focus as the approach is little more than time spent on a hamster wheel. And while putting in the work is good, it can be better. Instead of merely running through my paces, what if I add a little zing to each strike?

Of course, I look out to 2021 and I find its potential to be both mesmerizing and the reason I step with gusto into my gym space each morning. I know one day, somewhere out there, I'll reach that self-actualization moment.

No surprise at this point, but I'm coming off another GREAT workout session! The 50% increase striking workout exploded off successfully. There's so much more that I want to implement—it feels good to be excited about each upcoming session!

I'm so glad I returned to the carnivore approach! My breakfast as I type this is an eat until full and save the rest for later approach to 1 lb of ground beef and six eggs. I fried up the ground beef in its own juices and after its browning, I removed it, and scrambled up the eggs into what remained—no waste!

After plating the eggs, I then just plop the beef right on top. I like meat to be as dry as possible—I am a jerky man at the end of the day, which always made those vegan days of old so challenging, so extracting the additional grease to be used for eggs was a win. Now, I prefer my eggs to be brown, but that's harder to pull off with that much fat!

Typically, I'll skip breakfast in lieu of a cup of coffee, but since (for now) that's not in my diet, I thought I'd dive right in ESPECIALLY as I was really hungry after a powerful workout that was "fueled" by my reaction to MiO Energy Green Thunder's 0 calorie water enhancer and its 360 mg of caffeine followed by its dumping of B3, B6, and B12 into my system.

If you think its a rich breakfast, you'd be right! The amounts are generally my goal for the entire day. But the funny thing, is that if you're into counting calories, it's FAR more satisfying than the equivalent carbs. There will be no desire for lunch either, compared to the ball-and-chain that is carbs.

I had an ABSOLUTELY fantastic workout this morning! I even ran the last 10 minutes of the 120 minute session despite saying earlier that I wasn't going to run the rest of the year to avoid injury. I just wanted it.

Additionally, I'm going to have to up my bag time. I've been doing 2 minutes on and 30 seconds off for 10 sets, however, I may try out a 50% increase with 15 sets, for today I had plenty left in my tank. I need to better define the details of each set for I don't do the same thing each time, whether a specific combo or switching stances or technique. I never feel I have enough time to put the work in!

This week, I've been hitting the bag to Spotify's This is Demon Hunter playlist. The songs are no good for a coffeehouse, but perfect to Hulk Smash!

I am really looking forward to 2021. Of course, it assumes that I keep rocking out these workouts and continue to Eat of the Hunter's Feat as I Parry the Parry the Corrupted Carb!

It hit me hard this morning that I am so tired of excess weight—it's not for your go-to reason; it's not because of aesthetics. I HATE that excess weight holds back my performance! I cannot push as hard as I like, run as fast, be as quick, or strike as agile—the list goes on and on. I'm training now to have that in 2021.