The Gymnastics of Consistency (Pt. 1: New Beginnings)
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I joined a gym. Finally. Itās my experiment in consistency, strength, and getting ahead of aging before it sneaks up on me. Iām giving it two months to see what sticks. Not just for fitness, but for posture, peace, discipline, and daily grounding.
šŖ Key Takeaways:
Why now? Because muscle = bone support. And yeah, your body starts declining in your 40s. Time to pre-fight the fall.
Not just a gym thing: Itās part of a whole life stabilization project⦠tying up KT biz loose ends, prepping the AI curriculum, and polishing the website.
Big realization: You canāt keep adding things without cleaning up first. First clarity, then lifting.
Gym vibes: Clean, organized, "high-five culture" with just enough hype. Bonus points for KT-sized water bottle compatibility.
Staff moments: Shoutout to the front desk guy who totally wanted a blog mentionāthen said not to say he said that. So⦠consider it said.
Merch dreams unlocked: Gym era = time for KT shorts, KT bottle, KT era. Letās goooo.
Topics: Stability, Strength, Bone Preservation, Muscle, Self Worth, Posture, Resilience, Consistency, Delayed Gratification.
Iām doing a social experiment on myself through the gym. In a few ways - this first one is mini, its two months. The plan is to go indefinitely - maybe like years eyerollll so we will see how it goes for two months. Itās slow lately in the events world - not a lot to attend that Iām inspired to attend. (This is good for my schedule, though, cause my time is limited (everyoneās is) and Iām trying to keep up with all of my personal inspirations) and so Iām hard at work building the Ai course (and prepping for my BioFi Conference speech next freaking weekend!!). And working on lots of things. hahaha. I mean, letās see what happens. Below, I wanna list the priorities aloud.
Why attend: Your body starts to decline around your 40s. Yeah. I learned that recently and I canāt get it off my mind hahahahahah. Iām like, oh great. Actions speak louder than words, wishes, and wants. UUGH. Then I saw a pic of what your bones look like without muscle support and I was like OMG i need to fix this TODAY - hahah. So I did that yesterday, toured, and BOOM - that much fitter today.
Overall Event Review: Venue 4/5, Food 2/5, Speaker Content: 4/5, Networking: 3/5, Likeliness to Return: 5/5
Photo Collage and Commentary
NOTES FROM THE EVENT
Okay - before I add something new to life, (A DAILY GYM COMMITMENT) I want to have the other stuff sorted out. You canāt just keep piling things onto life without settling things first. So, I want to get things DONE so I can feel more at peace.
These are my priorities right now, so the gym is for centering and stability each day. My mornigns are a good routine, but the gym can check a lot of boxes. After that, I would say my goals are:
KELLY TUTORS (before adding the gym, letās figure out priorities - thinking aloud legit right now hahahaha)
Tie up a few loose ends of this business professionally (donāt wanna exaclty get into it) but the goal is to build KT into a strong foundation for future success. It just has a bit of āthis, thatā and NEXT - that we have to take care of. like an order. and the first step is so annoying/boring - but i have to do it. I just need to go on an adventure to do it.
Iām like, uh - what did I commit to tomorrow? TODAY!!!!! OMG maybe after this blog I go do the one thing I have been avoiding. Itād be so appropriate. Hm. And I have time.
Work on the Ai content consistently. By the end of next weekend, I want something online that I am testing to see if my SEO skills work and I can tap into attention for Ai education for kids. And then⦠do people like it?
Clean up my website to get lower bounce rates. eyeroolll - but i have ideas - maybe a cute header at hte top of each event blog!!! i like it.
PrePoll Week + Poll Week Prep + my Ainnouncement (if youāre reading this, the announcement is āKT Curatesā - which I THINK will be a HIT. Itās me curating Ai to help make my articles make more sense hahahaha.
Clean Up Merch to have the right descriptions, extra details. :)
Write down an order of whatās most important: thatād be - biofi speech practice (in two days online)⦠clean up merch⦠tie up loose ends of businessā¦. Ai online w/ curriculum + one class⦠(cuase i think the Ai moment is when more āstrangersā will pop in, so I want to have this house polished)ā¦. after that I can add on a whole new set of priorities:
clean up bounce rate with cute things on top
un-bounce rate the CRAP out of my website hahahah. :)
Work on Kelly Curates
Poll Week +
Keep building out social media posts -
KELLY THE PERSON (AT THE GYM)
Feel less socially awkward. But I want to figure out how to retrain my thinking on this and get comfortable.
Can I do it? Can i get my day together (and my daughter) so that I can be there on time? And then the days sheās not there, so its just up to me to stand up and go. Or also, will i go DAILY? What do I expect from myself?
I want to grow muscle to make my bones stronger. I saw a picture of how your bones must do ALL THE WORK when you have no muscle, so your muscles really matter. Itās inspiring me to really build my bodyās strength so my bones arenā hodling everything up and then i cripple!! Lol remember that aging event?!?!? EVERYONEEEE like EVERYONE starts to fall in their 40ās. ANd āfallā i mean - decline. uughhhh. Itās only human, Iād be playing stupid not to see itttttt.
So, my dreams for a long beautiful happy life of hard work and creating visions into reality - reporting, etc - yah!! I need a body that can handle it.
Itās time to step up.
LOL and i doānt even wannt get marked online SEO-style for this but it turns out this gym has FNL players (rescramble those to start with N) real football players come here to work out inthe group classes- but the early morning ones apparently, so youārel ike omg gimme a break -this place is serious hahahhaa. But, thatās good - I know that your āformā and āpostuerā is the most important stuff in working out ;) :D so its good that even the professionals like this place. Makes me feel its quality.
SOOOO I will try out for two months and report back if I want to continue or not.
One month in, Iāll write a blog with some updates, too - how itās going, etc. This one is kinda funny though, cause the guy who checked me in and helped me get all setup - he said I should mention him in my blog. Etc.
I am like, bro, you have no idea what youāre asking. Iāll just say it - he was like, āsay my name and how i was greatā and i said, okay iāll tell tehm you said you wanted me to say your name and that you said youāre great - and he said NO! donāt write I said that. And I said, okay, I will write that you asked me not to write that , too. hahah.
You see what i mean? He said he wants to read my blog - but, he has no clue what that even means hahahaha.
Overall Event Ratings
Venue: 4/5 - this place is really nice⦠I donāt wanna get into too much deal but it has a good atmosphere, vibes - and it is a nice place to spend time from what I experienced, though definitely the āhigh five gym!ā vibes. Which⦠kinda is my style, I love being hype hahahah. But I also like authenticity above all else, so its hard for me to be places where the energy feels faked or obligatory. Even at any level.
Food: 2/5 - I didnāt see they had any food, Iād assume not and donāt expect it - but they do have a nice water machine that can fill up my KT water bottle fast - which is impressive, cause that bottle is HUGE - but also it costs like $35 to make!! hahaha. But my merch store is so fun cause Iām just building things I need. AHHHH! hahaha Like gym shorts - omg. Iām about to do that now. (and its fun) but I need to design KT gym shorts for the gym. hahaha. Cuase I donāt live super near anywher to buy clothes + itās fun to make these. They look great!! Promote my business!! hahahah I literalyl love it.
Speaker Content: 4/5 - The class I attended today was fun and the people were nice at the front desk, etc. It does feel a bit cheesy/fake, but⦠thatās every single ājobā - you are at work. Thatās called āleaving your house and interacting with someone being paid to talk to youā.
Networking: 3/5 - it was a good balance. Lately Iām literally trying to be more kind, warm, open hahahahah. Cause I have been so closed off since covid - and even my divorce, and then being in shanghai. You know? And then life before htat - yeah⦠so⦠idk - hahahahha. I met some people and made an effort to learn their names. Plus I like how the coach set that tone and he was a bit of a ramblinā man. He liked to talk and reflect at the end during stretches + throughout a little bit. So yeah! Thatās my style too. But also no pressure. Was good.
Likeliness to Return - 5/5. Duhhh thatās the name of this game ;)