Why I Stopped Watching "Lost"

I invested 5 years into the show Lost. Why would I stop just short of the finale? I'm learning that sometimes we have to make choices and decide how to invest our time. During some seasons of my life, my discretionary time was overflowing. I could do what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it. I could watch hours of television if I wanted. Or I could travel when and where I wanted. Or I could volunteer when and where I wanted. I loved that season of my life. I'm sure I'll see an abundance of discretionary time again. But at the moment, my commitments to family, church, friends (and not to mention keeping up my home) have pretty much blocked out all of my google calendar (actually "calendars." I have nine.)

Something happened in January, though. A switch clicked that told me I had to start taking care of me. I couldn't let all of my discretionary time be controlled by obligations or my leftovers be "vegging" in front of the tv because all of my energy had been totally zapped by said obligations.

So, when Lost premiered, I gave it up. I just didn't have an extra hour a week to give. Instead, I made a choice to begin a running regimen that would train me for my first 5k. I began running about 3 hours a week and have now logged about 130 miles since mid-February. I feel better than I ever have, and I regret ever making fun of runners. I am in great company with a group of moms who started running on Sundays and ran a local 4 mile race together a few weeks ago.

Did I miss Lost? No. Do I regret my new 3 hour/week obligation? Heck no! Do I like having more energy and fitting into "skinny" jeans? Heck yeah! To all of my fellow beginner runners, keep it up!! To my friends still sitting on the couch who want off, here is the training schedule I followed. Good luck!