Hey folks!

Long time no see. I was kind of caught up with the work and all that I didn't get time to write something. Or should I say, too exhausted to sit and write after a hectic schedule? But then, that is how it is going to be and you have got to keep up with it. 

I am tired now even as I write this because of gymming. Yes, you heard it right? I have started going to the gym for the first time in eight months. I was intending to start last month and even talked to the people there but then, the assessments were happening and if I went to gym then, I would have trouble concentrating on work due to fatigue and so I finally started with no delays or else I will keep on postponing it; a quality I am struggling to overcome even today.

The gym is set in the campus which is free for the students and the staff and so it is a BIG plus to be utilised. My only concern is the distance and since I don't have classes every day, I can't go every day just for the gym and spend a lot on travel. So currently, I am sticking to two days a week which will later be upgraded to three. If I was staying nearby or not at the relative's place, I would have tried for six days a week. But the goal is to get back in shape and also to have a routine so this will do at the moment. Go to the Uni in the morning, do a workout for an hour, freshen up (showers are available in the changing room) and then do some work in the library till it's time for class and then leave. Well, now that I have started I hope I keep up to it.

Ever since I had recovered covid, I still have trouble doing things that require excessive amount of energy. For instance, if I run too much or run to catch the train, I feel out of breathe and unable to move further. I went to the gym three months after I recovered from covid which I wanted to because I had gained weight; not overweight but I wanted to get in shape. I look better now than I was five years ago when I was really thin which I didn't realise until I checked the pictures recently. So the workout at that time went fine as I had a instructor but at the sametime I was not too regular because of fatigue and the weather. 

I took a break hoping to join after my solo trip but then I was feeling sickly and also lazy and I kept on procrastinating it but then I went to a different gym which I regretted as the trainer there was ignorant and treated me like a ghost and I stopped. 

But then there was no time and no point in rejoining the other one because of my abroad plans which were getting closer and two weeks before I left, I got a call from the gym I first went after covid about the special offer for existing members but then it was too late and I had to decline. I regretted wasting those four months which could have been well utilised in working out on would have been in good shape when I arrived here. 

Now I can't afford anymore regret as there has been more than enough of it. So I am trying to keep up with it. The only challenge is being the only brown guy in the gym. The campus I am at is sports-based and so the facilities are large at hand. Especially the gym. So it was an advantage for me. (No, I am not studying anything related to sports in that campus.) The other campus has a gym that is small but has all the ethinicities. Well, all that is fine. Just come there and do your work just like others. Simple as that. 

 The people at the reception are kind and approachable and they are more than happy to assist you. Experience said it all as towards the end, I was told that It was nice meeting me. I believe it.

Anyways, that's all for now. Thank you so much for reading. I will see you in the next one.