Unit Two Blog Assignment

Shapes, Shaping, Sculptured, or Just Relaxing

An athletic club is a community full of assorted people. Each individual is there for different or like reasons, but all everyone is part of the community of looking better and feeling better. Working out is normally a singular event, yet you could do aerobics or something like. Going to the gym is not easy or convenient, yet the same people manage to find their way to the front doors on a regular basis. All these people are from different backgrounds to include gender, culture, religion, or economic status, but all have a common thread. All will be groaning, sweating, or may even hurt themselves in an effort to be healthier and look better.

Their goals are very independent in a way only known to them. Some are there to drop inches or maybe some weight. Others are there to become healthier then when they arrived. This is also a place to find a new friend or date for the younger crowd but this would be the anomaly. Many stand next to the machines more then they use them in an effort to capture the gaze of another. Some of the people may be there to walk slowly on a treadmill at their doctor’s order in an effort to increase their lifespan, while others have illusions of transforming their bodies into gods or goddesses.

All these people use many of the same machines to lift weights, walk, or run to increase their heart rate regardless of their size and shape. Some are skinny and some are overweight, while others are already a part of the beautiful group. That does not stop them all from being in the same gym area to complete their individual goals and aspirations. Two strangers may be side by side on the tread mill and never communicate other then to glance once in awhile in acknowledgment of their presence. The younger man might even offer to spot the old guy who wants to increase his bench press to remind him of once was in his younger days.

Where do I fit? My wife and I both go to the gym to increase our chances of living longer, looking better, and more important; to spend time with each other. I no longer push the heavy weights which once made people turn their heads once in an awhile, but still enjoy lifting the assorted weights and seeing muscles stress under the pressure. I have no illusions of having a sculpture body or breaking any weight lifting records. My wife and I always feel better both in mind and spirit when we finish working out. My beautiful wife walks or jogs on the treadmill with goals of losing inches or weight. She feels good about the inches she has lost, but she will always be the most beautiful woman in my eyes…regardless.

My Wallet's Says?

My wallet’s contents states clearly to whomever may find it that I am organized, a father, and business owner. One might describe the exterior of my wallet’s contents as a worn plain simple leather bi-fold style. The type of cover says that its design is simply to carry those items needed for day to day activities. It is simple in nature and serves its purpose.

One side represents those basic necessities of life which include my medical card and also those of my children. In addition, the same side houses cards related to Everett Community College and other organizations that I frequent. Only those cards currently active are allowed to remain in my wallet. The rest are considered clutter and doesn’t serve my needs well. All the cards mentioned would be the first seen as you open the wallet. Collectively this speaks to the most important persons in my life, my family.

On the other side of the wallet has a variety of credit cards, store cards, and bank cards. They are tucked aware separately with their respective accounts, bank locations, and my driver’s license. These are important cards to survive in society because they allow access to funds that would be needed daily. This side is concerning sometimes because of the world we currently live. A person who possesses these cards for illegal purposes could easily cause grief to not only me, but my entire family.

One notable item not previously mentioned is no pictures of my family are located in my wallet. This is intentional because nobody would readily be able to identify any of my loved ones. There is no address or phone numbers located in my wallet to include a correct address on my driver’s license. If someone turned the wallet into the police department they would be able to find me through my business address. Someone would clearly see that this is a no frills ride to my life. I see my wallet as simply a convenience and nothing more.