My week notes for the week of August 3 through August 9.

Notes

Plenty of Time in Net

I ended up playing in net 3 days this week. Monday was my usual weekly game and I played like crud. We ended up losing 6-3. I got asked by a teammate to fill in for his C2 game the next night. I play in C4 and I-League. Both are 2+ skill levels lower than I’m used to playing in. It was noticeably faster than I’m used to, but I held my own and we won 6-4, although I’m going to chalk most of that up to the team in front of me. Still though, I kept them in it which is my goal.

The week of hockey was finished up with 2 straight hours of open hockey. My legs were killing me by the end of the session. It didn’t help that I did deadlifts the day before.

Changing Up My Lifting Program

I’ve been reading (listening to) A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey Johnston and it’s inspired me to delve back into lifting more. I’ve often skipped out on strength training lately because it’s legs day and I don’t like legs days. I would opt for a run instead. Now I think I’m going to try to keep myself in an every other day rhythm and make sure I get my lifts in.

Keeping Screen Time Low

I’ve been trying to stay off my phone more for close to 3 weeks now and I feel like I’m generally doing a good job limiting my screen time and endless scrolling. I’m generally hovering around 1.25 hours a day on my phone. I wish I could have a better comparison to where I was prior to my change, but Apple does some weird calculations for screen time where they include time the always-on screen is on, even if all it is doing is displaying the clock.

Regardless of where I was, I generally feel more focused and in the moment now that I’m generally keeping my phone away from me to help limit the temptation.

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