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Habit quote – Aristotle – How to be excellant

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
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Habit quote – William Wordsworth – Don’t be a sheep!

“Habit rules the unreflecting herd.”
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Habit breaking exercise update: 6 months since I started breaking my bad habits

I can’t believe that it’s been 6 months since I made the commitment to myself, on the other side of the world, to establish a regular exercise routine. The journey has involved learning a lot about myself and how my body works in different conditions. Now that my habit is in place I can’t imagine [...]
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Habit Quote – Tilloyson – All it takes is practice

“When we have practiced good actions awhile they become easy; when they are easy we take pleasure in them; when they please us we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act they grow into habit.”
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Habit breaking exercise update: week 25 – I do love to be by the seaside

This week has been great for getting into a good exercise routine. House sitting where I am makes exercise so much easier as it’s a 5 minute walk until I am on a bush track or walking along a beautiful beach. You can’t ask for better than that! Monday and Tuesday – rest days Wednesday – 1 [...]
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Habit breaking exercise update: week 24 – How to rock climb with 6 year olds

This week was quite a relaxed week exercise wise as I got back into the swing of being in Wellington.  Monday – rest day Tuesday – 1 hour hilly walk along the Mackenzie Track, Eastbourne. I was happy to discover that 5 mins from my door step are a mass of bush walks for me to explore. Wednesday [...]
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Habit quote – HS Shaw – Skin and all

“It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.”
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Habit breaking exercise update: week 23 – A campfire, deer hunters and going up

Monday and Tuesday – rest days walking my nieces to school and getting prepared for my move from Auckland to Wellington. Wednesday – rest day. Drove to Kaimanawa Forest Park and stayed at the DOC Urchin Campsite. It is a tiny site but was lucky enough to meet a couple of travelling Germans and 3 hunters [...]
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Habit quote I love – Denis Waitley

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”
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Habit breaking exercise update: week 22 – Heaphy Track, Rain & Sand flies

Monday was my rest day catching up with friends and drinking good coffee. Tuesday – Brown Hut to Perry Saddle Hut – 5 hours, 17km, 775m ascent I had an early morning start to meet the shuttle that would take me the 3 and a half hours to the Brown Hut which was the start of the [...]
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