Faris' Movember Wrap-up

At the start of the month, I challenged myself to two things, to run like I've never run before, and to churn out a song by the time Christmas decorations start coming out. And now I can confidently say, I have failed at both.

For the running, I realised why I always naturally end up cruising at a comfortable pace, never being close to a sub-30 5k. It just plain sucks. Once I pick up my pace, its shin splints, my sides begging to stop, lungs inhaling so much and so little oxygen at the same time. Rather than daydreaming on a treadmill, I'd rather lift weights because that's the kind of pain I enjoy (weirdly enough). Maybe one day I'll get actual running shoes and I'll force myself to run to make the empty wallet hurt less. And the song, bloody hell writing lyrics is tough. The music was easy enough, just play what sounds good to my standards, but no wonder so many people have ghost writers. I couldn't write to save my life. I could just fill the song with memes and ducks quacking, but my pride wont allow that.

All in all, I enjoyed the process despite my absolute failures. I learned about myself, I felt like the winter depression hit less (still hitting all the same), but crucially, it was fun.