Health and wellbeing

A major event occurred in my life last night. I opened a bottle of wine, and.... didn't finish it.

Not an earth-shattering occurrence, you might think. But I'm a 'finisher'. Any job of work, newspaper to read, movie I'm watching, I'll always stick it out no matter what a bad decision that may be. And the same's always applied to wine, which is why I never keep more than one bottle downstairs.

But last night, I really didn't want it. Two glasses was fine. It seems that after a year of training, my mind/body gestalt is finally paying off. After two duff Triathlon finishes (in the bottom 20%) I've recently adopted a morning exercise routine in addition to swimming, biking, and running: 3 x 33 ab crunches, 3 x 11 pressups, 3 x 11 one-legged squats on each leg, to build strength. (In case you're wondering, I like things that come in threes.) And I've got better concentration, faster thought processes, and more ideas because of it - among which is a reduced craving for mind-altering substances.

Makes sense. Your brain's just part of your body, after all. And reaching some sort of peak means my body's telling my brain that I don't need to finish a whole bottle of wine to bring closure to the working week. My body's been screaming for years, and my brain's finally listening. Awesome.