My favorite lyrics from Unreal Unearth

  • Let all time slow, let all light go / I don't need to know where we begin and end / I'd still know you, not being shown you / I only need the workin' of my hands
  • These days I think I owe my life / To flowers that were left here by my mother / Ain't that like them, giftin' life to you again
  • My life was a storm since I was born / How could I fear any hurricane?
  • Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I
  • All our weight is just a burden offered to us by the world
  • What I had left here I just held it tight / So someone with your eyes might come in time / To hold me like water / Or Christ, hold me like a knife
  • If there was anyone to ever get through this life / With their heart still intact, they didn't do it right
  • You may never know your fortune / Until the distance has been shown between what is lost forever / And what can still be known
  • I wanna be the shadow when my bright future's behind me / I wanna be the last thing anybody ever sees / I hear he touches your hand, and then you fly away together / If I had his job, you would live forever
  • If there were scarlet flags, they washed out in the mind of me
  • Do you know I could break beneath the weight? / Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you / That I'd walk so far just to take / The injury of finally knowin' you
  • There are some people, love, who are better unknown

“I don’t know how to write love letters,” Frida Kahlo wrote in 1946. “But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty… love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain.”

How to Start Running

Cardio is a fantastic form of exercise for overall health and weight loss, it’s super easy to do no matter where you are, and it gets you up and moving in the fresh air. The following tips are all things my father had me do when I was getting into running, and as a competitive triathlete and Ironman, he knows what’s up.

  • Start at your level. The first few runs always suck, but when you push too hard they’re even worse and can be discouraging. There is no shame in starting slow!
  • To start off, do run-walks 2 to 3 times per week, with each run totally around 10 minutes to start and increasing your total time every week. Run-walks are effective exercise and burn calories, but they also help manage your heart rate as your body adjusts to running. This allows you to safely and effectively build up endurance and strength when you are unaccustomed to heavy cardio.
  • Begin with a 30 second run and 1 minute walk. Repeat as many times as you can during each workout (preferably totally around 10 minutes to start off) and perform these workouts for at least a week before progressing your total time or the ratio of running to walking.
  • Progress to a 1 minute run and 1 minute walk, then a 2 minute run and 1 minute walk, then a 3 minute run and so on, increasing the run time every few workouts and running a longer total time each week.
  • Once you can comfortably reach 2-3 miles with the run-walk, transition into just running. You should stick with the run-walk for at least a month before making this transition if you have no prior running experience. Once you make the switch, your overall workout times and distance will shorten, which is to be expected. These workouts will also be harder than the run-walk, but don’t be discouraged. You’ll soon adjust and continue to improve.
  • Now you’re running! Keep running a few times a week, and as your endurance builds, you’ll be able to go faster and further!

I’m so proud of you for putting in the work to get the lifestyle and body you want! Running is a fantastic exercise that’s relatively quick and easy, and it’s a great supplement to other workouts, especially given the closing of gyms due to COVID. Just keep at it, and after a few weeks you’ll grow to love it!

putting this here for me 😪