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DAY 83

UPDATE: Wednesday, 3:30 AM the 18th of May 2005

Location: Beachside hotel pool about 50 KM south of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

I wrote a bit on the plane coming here about the woes that I must address while I am here. And now I am here, and am faced with some obsticles aready.

First of all I have no idea what happened in the stock market. I always have an ear on the markets everywhere I go, but today my ear seems to be locked on to the mating call of what seems to be a heard of frogs at the hotel lobby area pond.

I choose the hotel using some pictures on the Internet. Only after getting here did I realized one thing I have to be causious about. The pictures were taken shortly after the place was built, and from past hotel experiences, they DO NOT update their rooms or for that matter other parts of the establishment until a full makeover is needed.

Somehome the pristine looking pictures on the Internet site that I used to book the trip just didn't convey that. Not a problem. I am not here to sit on my butt and pass away the time. Soon as the sun is up I'll go for a short run/walk along the beach, then do my sit-ups and push-ups before getting my first meeting going at 8 AM.

Since this is perhaps the most wonderful blogging location I have had, I'll discribe my environment: The surf is loud in the backgroud from the Indian Ocean. It's about 100 Meters away, but I cannot see it. It's dark and only 4 AM now. There are one or two clouds in the sky, but I can see most of the stars. I am not familier with the objects from this perspective, so I am not going to guess what planets or stars I am seeing. Perhaps, another day. The frogs are still going. The palm trees are gently swaying in the breeze that I can hear them, but they are peaceful, not overbearing.

I can smell the salt in the air. And there's an occasional 'churp' from a small lizard like animal called locally as a "huna" -It's a harmless creature that is only about 3 or 4 inches long.

There's not a soul to be seen in the hotel. Although, I am sure someone around here is wondering what the hell I am doing at this time pool side.

I think my day will get started at about 5 AM with sit ups and push ups. I am up to about 100 sit ups and about the same amount of push ups, but at twice as many intervals. I do the push up in sets of 25, as oppose to sit ups in sets of 50.

While on the plane I thought about the success that I am having with the routine, and I was wondering IF the success was because I am telling you about it, OR because I started with a very small goal and I keet doing it.

I am not sure which it is. I haven't been telling you things here and simply not doing it. I am a person of my word, and IF I say something, I do my best to make it true. If I fail, I'll tell you that as well.

So, which is it? I simply don't know. I'll have to think about it more.

I would like to think that all of this is going forward because of my personal success building. I hope that is the case. I think so. I am confortable with that explanation and the progress that I am making.

Anyway, my plan is to keep up the sit ups and push ups until I build it to 500 sit ups about 5 or 6 times a week. And for the push ups, when I can keep up 5 or 6 sets of 25 push ups, I will be happy.

Now, all of this is being done *before* I go and seek a health club membership as part of my personal success plan.

My belief is that by starting part of the exercise plan now and making the activities a part of my life, I can better prepare myself to success at the gym, 3 or 4 times a week. My objective is to get back in the same or better shape than I was at age 23 or 24- the last time I feel I was in very good shape. Coinsidently, that was about the time I started working fulltime from behind a computer.

So, this part of the success plan and several more items are going well. I have elevated my FOCUS and CHARACTER to deal with the mindset that I'll need to excel myself on a parth to excellence.

With that said, Sam needs to go on to the next day with an interesting note. Back next day readers.

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