[JaBlue]

I never understood why people who are not fit aren't motivated to be. I was always athletic and loved running around, so maybe I assume everyone should like that stuff. What possible justification do you have for being unhealthy? Same goes for constantly eating [censored] like McDonalds, and to a lesser extent HFSC, white flour, etc.

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A typical pattern I have is:
a) get really excited about something --> b) research it, try it a bit --> c) buy a whole bunch of crap for it --> d) do it!

lately this has been for mountain biking:
a) bike with uncle a year ago, got excited
b) started reading magazines, reading mtbr.com, ride more, etc.
c) bought sweet new Santa Cruz Blur XC with XTR components, pretty much best bike for needs money can buy. 4 grand. Also bought a book on skills.

now a lot of stuff other helps: I'm trying to learn routine maintenance stuff, clean my bike every few rides, etc.

I'm hopefully gonna get into racing when I get back to school, please please please let UCSD have a MTB division in their cycling club.

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One area where I'm chronically searching for motivation is guitar; I'm usually real good about playing and go through long periods of time where I play 2hrs/day learning classical so I can try to play newer music like Brouwer. But if I go on vacation or, in this case, go on vacation then get sick for another week, not having played ina while I rarely feel like playing. Best cure for this is to have a lesson, jam with friends [I have a few who could cut it as professional jazz players], go see someone like John Scofield, and so on.