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January 28, 2015Midweek #ROW80 Check-In
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Honestly, I feel like I’ve been scrambling to get back into some kind of routine since the start of the month and just failing miserably. After three weeks off (Christmas break + being sick before), my body had plenty of time to both rotate to it’s natural biorhythm (aka, going to bed at 11 or 12 instead of 9) and sleeping as long as it wanted (10 hours compared to 7 and a half). Trying to get myself back on my normal Evil Day Job schedule has just been brutal. I haven’t been able to get myself back into any sort of workout routine in the mornings yet. Mostly I’ve been turning off my alarm and sliding instantly back into sleep, so I’ve been doing good to get up in…
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