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It's a Teddy Roosevelt thing. Technically from his Dad.

Read about it, in depth. Read about him, in depth.

His youth was full of illness and was never thought to amount to anything.

Dude was crazy. And became one of the most influential people in the modern era. He found a way to harness it. Get Action. It doesn't even make sense as a phrase, but read about it in depth, and it will.

His brother was also crazy....and died very young. He was seen as the one who would succeed. Handsome, smart, and confident.

Didn't work out that way. He did not Get Action. And succumbed to his own demons. Don't let that happen to you. Be Teddy, not Elliot. And yes, you do have a say in that. More than you will ever know. Until you do it.

While you're at it, read about when Teddy was shot and nearly killed, instead of walloring in it, he made himself cough a few times, no blood came up, so he figured he was fine and went ahead and gave a long speech shortly after. He truly wasn't fine, but his perception was that he was, and that is 99% of the ballgame.

Again, Get Action. Figure out what that actually means. It took me awhile, so take your time. Once you do though, don't let it ever leave you. Again, this guy was crazy as F, and became one of the most important people in the 1900s. Changed the world. For the better. Significantly.

National parks....Teddy.
Lots of other things....Teddy.

Not saying you will be pres, and that's not a good goal LOL, but Get Action, and you will be what you are meant to be.

i love how no one responded to this LOL. i wish i was in the same place when i wrote it. but all of that went away. I have no action to get at moment. It will come back though. cycling is hell. i thought it would never come back and has been gone long, long time. exhuasted but can't sleep. slept mostly for a few weeks before. then was briefly healed and perfect. maybe i can channel Teddy into my dreams, if can get to sleep tongith.

i do love the story though of when he got shot and was just like 'whatever, it's cool, I came here to give a speech so I'll just go ahead and do that". LOL

Will someone at least talk about TR with me lol. it really makes me feel better. am gonna spend some time trying to channel him. and i think that thought made me realizse to get in shower. and that will be a boost. If this guy got shot and was indifferent to it, and in fact said 'i don't care one bit that I just got shot', I think I can show some respect and reign back in things today. struggle is temporary. even if this is worse day i've had in long time. and recent ones largely haven't been good at all minus a couple spikes when iwas pretty sure i'd been healed.

Get Action.

Im sorry I never responded. I did enjoy your post and went to read about him when you posted. I was in fairly bad shape at that point and I have made extremely great progress(I think) since that point.

Between this post and your encouragement to stop drinking I have been in a better mood and so much more productive! In fact the days since I read this I have spent time every day working on my bathroom renovation which I have been working on for two years due to procrastination and fear, sad I know. Today I am cleaning which is rare and I have been doing things with my kids as well.

I also thought that story about the speech was awesome, I never knew about that until I read about him the other day

This is great and makes me smile!! Am proud of you.

I did just shower. My mindframe has improved. Am going to leave house now for walk downtown. an hour ago I could not have done it.

Reach for the next best thing. And Get Action.

Glad to hear you had a shower and made it out for a walk. I wish I had gone outside today. It was nice out, for Northern Canada in winter anyway lol. Maybe tomorrow, one day at a time.

Supposed to have another high of -17or18°C (0°F?) We have been mostly around -25 to -40°C lately so its starting to feel like t-shirt weather

Geezszs....Canada is cold!!! I think was maybe 35-40 today, not bad.

I did walk, forced a very brisk about mile, stopped and ate, then brisk mile back home.

Wore myself out. Collapsed and slept awhile I think a couple hours.

I feel way out of sorts now and I think will walk again. Get Action.

Haha that sounds tropical at this point we have had a couple of weeks lately with -50C with the windchill

Cant wait for it to be closer to -15 again so I can run. Running is when I feel most alive but no treadmill or room for one so its an outdoor activity year round for me.