Happy Hump Day! Hope you’re week is going well. Before I head into today’s post let me just say HAPPY NATIONAL RUNNING DAY!
I’m pretty excited that I can actually write and post this because for the first time in my life I feel like a runner. I’m not there yet, but with every step I’m getting closer.
Okay, moving on. Today is ‘What’s On My Mind Wednesday’.
So what’s on my mind today?
Breathing while Running: I know it sounds silly, but I’m still having a lot of trouble figuring out my breathing. I’ve focused on patterns, on just zoning out, just not thinking about it, etc. I know I’m huffing and puffing because my lungs are getting used to the exercise, but there are times it’s more of I can’t catch my breath and I’m wheezing. It was a little better yesterday. I took it a bit slower, but pushed with more running. Every now and then I would push my speed, and see how I did. I think it’s getting better? But any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
iOS 8: I’m an Apple junkie. I mean, I have an iPad, iPhone, iPod (which I no longer really use), and a Macbook. At any given time, you can find me on at least one of my devices… if not two of them. So let’s just say, twice a year, when Apple has their developer’s conference and their product launch, I’m glued to the live feed. Unfortunately, I couldn’t watch it this year, but I did follow along with Mashable’s written feed.
Last year when iOS 7 was released, like most people, I was pretty excited. It was such a new look and new experience, it gave new life to the iPhone. However, recently, I’ve been missing the older look – the look that drew many of us to the iPhone. Was I disappointed with the iOS 8 announcement? Far from it. Sure, it looks the same, but it seems like it’s going to be more streamlined and you’re finally going to be able to sync all of your devices without too much effort. With new features like smarter keyboard, being able to send a map location of where you are in a text, family sharing with iTunes and iBooks, and having your photos now show up on all your devices, I’m definitely excited. It will breathe a bit of new life to my iPhone that is starting to seem tired and dull.
Which leads me too……
Apps: Being an iPhone junkie also means I’m an app junkie. I feel like I’m constantly downloading new apps, using them once, and deleting them (thank god for iCloud). But lately, I feel like I’ve grown bored with my apps. I use the same apps every day. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Mail, iMessage, Phone, MapMyFitness, Music, Couch to 5K, and so on. But I’m on the prowl with some new apps, whether they are useful or just plain old fun.
Now I ask you – what are you’re favorite apps? What apps can’t you live without?
Books: Since my ‘Five Things Friday Post’, I’m managed to start and finish two books, and start a third. Which is amazing. I love to read. I read constantly. But the last couple of months have been so busy, and we were glued to Breaking Bad on Netflix, I haven’t read nearly as much as I had been. My goal is 100 books for this year. I’ve tried for the last two years and have gotten very close, but this year is my year. So back to some hard core reading. Oh and the books? ‘Into the Darkest Corner’, ‘The Secret of Isobel Key’ and I am halfway through ‘Stronger’ by Jeff Bauman.
MH370 – Okay. I won’t lie, and it’s going to sound awful, but I actually had completely forgotten about this. It was such a huge deal in March. It had literally taken over Newsfeeds, reports, twitter…. everywhere. And then the reports disappeared (no pun intended). I was reminded of it this past weekend when an alert popped on my phone from CNN that the pings that were heard in the Indian Ocean were now thought to NOT be from the black box, meaning they are now no closer to finding the plane then they were when it went missing. But needless to say, I’m finding a lot of reports about it now. A lot more than I had for about a month…. so now it’s back on my mind, and I’m back wondering what the heck happened to the plane? Also – I received a HARO (Help a Reporter Out) inquiry in my e-mail yesterday looking for experts or theorists on the missing plane…. which I found interesting….
How do you become an expert on a missing plane?
On that note…. Happy Wednesday!
