Yes!

My G-d, what a truly stupefying workout tonight! It's amazing what a little motivation can do in 90 minutes ;-)

I really amped up my weights, focusing on arms and abs, with some legs thrown in for good measure. I'll hurt tomorrow for sure. Good.

To paraphrase Lady Macbeth, who would have thought I had so much sweat in me.

New music really helped (thank you JR -- you're awesome), namely Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, and - yep - Madonna... early Madonna, too. I'm not letting things get me down; instead, I'm going to reinvest in what I've been doing, try new things, push myself in all new directions. Maybe it's just the endorphins, but this is the best I've felt in a long time, before or after a workout.

So much is going well for me these days: we're building a house, I love teaching, and I'm just enjoying life right now.

I don't have room in my life for negativity. I don't want to be like Atlas, bearing the weight of my own burdens until I crumble.

I want to look ahead to things that will augment my life.