Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. An excellent hot, sweaty and stuffy Tuesday. When I started working out about a year and a half ago, I would do seven or eight exercises; now, I’m doing between 12 and 15. The time that I have allotted for working out is almost not enough anymore. This is […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Monday and the beginning of the working week. I was able to do an exercise session as my first class was at 7:00 a.m. I am concerned that I will have to give up my freedom and live with my ex-wife for the next couple of months. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot and sunny. What a pleasant Sunday. I got up, but this Sunday, I did not do exercise at the end of Leme. First, I did 100 push-ups at home before going out. Then, after green tea, YouTube, etc, I prepared myself to go on a walk. The weather forecast was for rain in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. Even though I had gone to bed late the night before, I was determined to be up early to do a good workout. I cannot stress enough how much my life has changed since I began exercising regularly. I used to be somewhat active, but I never fully appreciated […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Monday, and I am not feeling overly excited about exercising today, but that is how I am always. I reluctantly drag myself out of the house, with little energy to work out, but I always return home feeling happy and ready to tackle the day. At 56, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Something happened this morning that I am not proud of, but it shows what life in Brazil is like right now. Even though it was Sunday, I woke up early to exercise. It was not as early as during the week, but still quite early. When I arrived at […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33 °C, hot and sunny. Since Yasmin arrived on Friday night, she has been in a bad mood; as always, it is related to her mother. Her mother says or does something that Yasmin does not like, or criticises her for something she did or did not do, leaving her extremely upset, down and in a […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. Friday was a day of hard work and discipline. The hard workout required discipline, and giving at least eight classes on a Friday also needed a certain amount of strength and stamina. Rio de Janeiro is experiencing another heatwave right now; it is literally 30 degreesall the time. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. It’s just a normal first couple of days at the beginning of the New Year. I’m giving classes and receiving money that I neither feel, see, nor smell. And I will have to leave my bubble of cold refrigerated air in my bedroom, where my home office is, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. It is the beginning of the Brazilian New Year, and I am ready! I have started renegotiating my monthly fees with my students as they need to be readjusted. The end-of-year festivities are over, along with the financial obligations at the beginning of every new year here in […]