CHALLENGE 1 | DAY 13 | 30 day challenges and learn to blog

15 january '14

Healthy aging

Today I went for my annual health check. Sounds interesting? This are my  health check results at this moment.

Name: Tjitze Postma

Length: 176 cm

Weight: 71 kg

Age: 28 years

BMI: 23

Bodyfat: 8%

Organ fat: 1

Blood pressure: 64/121

Cholesterol: 4

Glucose level: 5.5

Metabolic age: 13 years :D (I think this is super funny)

The most scary thing (yeah some things are scary to do for me) was the scale. Since my last matches in judo I've never touched a scale again. I reject the machine deeply. It makes me feel anxious. When I see my weight I think about it and decide in my head, that I weigh to much. This is the process of years and years of weightless for matches. Even after 8 or 9 years I have the compulsive feeling of loosing weight. 

The nice lady who helped me said that I'm super healthy. There's only one big subject, which can become dangerous. That's the body fat. That super low for a guy. Normal would be around 12%. Below 8% is not healthy anymore. So she advised me to check this every 3 months or so. 

That's what I'm gonna do. My health is very important for me. 

CHALLENGE 1 | DAY 11 | 30 day challenges and learn to blog

13 january '14

Things I never thought I would do or try 

1. Ballet
2. Singing 
3. Pole dancing course 
4. Sky diving 
5. Mixed Martial Arts 
6. Writing

Will I master them to perfection? No! Will I fail? A lot I think. I will try to fail as often as I can, to learn as much as possible.

I'm going to participate in a writing course 16th of march at +www.schrijfatelier.nl. Just a small extra challenge to learn more about writing. Costs €150,- for a day course in Amsterdam.

Ballet is at my hometown and costs me €195 for 30 lessons. So this can be a 30 day challenge of course. I'm going to check how this works, and what the possibilities are for a grown man with no experience at all! Fun!!

MMA is on friday nights. It starts at 6 pm and stops at 7.30 pm. I will try it this friday 17th of january. The nerves are already in my stomach, when I think about it.

Singing really gives me the nerves. I really, really can't sing. That's my opinion. This is really out of my comfort zone..... We'll see. Lesson cost around €20,- for half an hour. Reasonable prices.

CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 10 | All about creativity

12 january '14

Challenge yourself, know your space and die empty.

I started the session with a video. The video of +Todd Henry. Coincidence? Luck? I don't think so. Nothing happens without reason. An interesting video especially when he started to talk about "Unnecessary Creating". After that line I listened very intrigued and careful. 

It gives goose bumps to hear, see and notice this video. This moment at this time. This moment of doing challenges, planned everything ahead. And then hear someone on the other side of the world talking about the things I'm doing now. Without any knowledge at the start. 

Creativity as a challenge subject. Why the first subject? All questions that come to mind now! I don't know why, just a feeling. Coincidence? Hmmm.....

Question: What's the most valuable land in the whole world? 

Answer: The graveyard, because of all the unchallenged ideas, unwritten books, business ideas which stayed just an idea.

And +Todd Henry decided to write two simple words on his wall after hearing this.

DIE EMTY

Thank you +Todd Henry. I'm looking forward to meet you some day. 

Anybody who wants to know what I mean because you've been reading this blog? Just check the video below.