2008 Woodie Awards
'F' is for fear and failure
CARRIE FANNIN
Arbiter Staff
Issue date: 3/8/07 Section: Culture
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This week we will talk about fear and failure. I have been working my plan to manage my stress, most times. I have had a good support system. Do I fear that I might fail? Hell yes! So what happens if I do all of the things that I tell you I am going to do, eat right, exercise, practice self care, fall off the wagon, get back on and then fail? Will I have humiliated myself in front of all of my fellow students by disclosing my weight and measurements and then will I fear facing my peers? Hell yes, or hell no?
Hell no! Why not? This whole intervention is to show the struggles of a real person. Real people fail. Real people try again and again and again. Real people keep trying until they succeed. And when we fail, our “friends” support us and we keep going. Will I give up? No. I may rethink my plan, seek out some professional support or try harder. I found some tips to share with you about good and bad health behaviors. And don’t forget diets fail. Modification of lifestyle is the key, do something you can live with. Obesity is a major cause of health problems in our nation. It is up to us to help ourselves to a better life. Diabetes and heart disease are not recreational activities and please do what you can to take care of yourself.
So bring your butt to the REC Center Tuesday and Thursday mornings, at 9:00 a.m. and we can walk, run or stumble around the track, trudge on the stair climbers or treadmills and we can watch our butts get smaller.
And don’t forget, “Experience come from your failures, not your successes.” If you always did everything right, you would never learn anything! Next week we will address the Fight for Fitness and take a look at our smaller counterparts in “Let’s be ‘Fair’.” Check for updates at www.myspace.com/cifannin.
Hell no! Why not? This whole intervention is to show the struggles of a real person. Real people fail. Real people try again and again and again. Real people keep trying until they succeed. And when we fail, our “friends” support us and we keep going. Will I give up? No. I may rethink my plan, seek out some professional support or try harder. I found some tips to share with you about good and bad health behaviors. And don’t forget diets fail. Modification of lifestyle is the key, do something you can live with. Obesity is a major cause of health problems in our nation. It is up to us to help ourselves to a better life. Diabetes and heart disease are not recreational activities and please do what you can to take care of yourself.
So bring your butt to the REC Center Tuesday and Thursday mornings, at 9:00 a.m. and we can walk, run or stumble around the track, trudge on the stair climbers or treadmills and we can watch our butts get smaller.
And don’t forget, “Experience come from your failures, not your successes.” If you always did everything right, you would never learn anything! Next week we will address the Fight for Fitness and take a look at our smaller counterparts in “Let’s be ‘Fair’.” Check for updates at www.myspace.com/cifannin.
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