Please come with me into a special rocket ship I had built (I know the engineer, old friend) back to the time when we all could actually get all of our goals accomplished and still have time to relax on the beach.
Yea. No. That’s not real and never will be.
Which is why my friends Franki Sibberson, Colby Sharp, Kristi Mraz and I—and tons of you—are in the midst of another #NERDLUTION!
To be clear. I think many of you have already started your nerdultions and have been posting about it. I, on the other hand, am still waiting for that rocket ship delivery.
So here is my day to catch up.
Nerd-what-now?
For the uninitiated, a “nerdlution” is a resolution that we nerdy educators make to better ourselves, or our community, or each other. Or to just simply do something fun. Or strange. Or really anything at all that you want to commit to.
Here is a post from last year where I explain the birth of the movement and give more specific rules on forming your own nerdlution (hint: there are none).
(And when I say there are none, I mean none. Example: Franki ate apples last year.)
(Well, sort of).
Last year my nerdlution was to do 100 push-ups per day. That lasted for longer than I thought. I felt great. And only led to 3 months of physical therapy for my rotator cuff. Hahaaaaabutreally.
On to #Nerdlution15!
This year I am equally workout focused, but in a more controlled and less shoulder failure way.
My goal is to workout at least 3 times per week (but bonus points if I do more) using a new app that I really love, “Strong,” which basically is a 2.0 way to record weight lifted per rep/set.
I see a trainer… sometimes a lot, sometimes a little… and really want to get better at working out on my own so when I see him I don’t embarrass myself.
What I love about the app, aside from it keeping me focused on completing exercises, is that it totals everything at the end of each workout session. Meaning, even if the amount I lifted each rep was pitiful, at the end I can lie to myself because it says I lifted, for example—true story—SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS.
Which I thiiink makes me the strongest man in the world.
No? No? That’s not how it really works?
So my #Nerdlution15 is to keep a steady gym routine using my app.
You Can Too
Just pick something to commit to. Then tweet and blog about it using the hashtag #Nerdlution15.
Or don’t tweet or blog and just do it.
Or invite your whole class to pick something. Anything. And join in.
Reading a great poem everyday, giving a compliment, running, cooking, spending more time with your kids.
If it will make you happy, do it.
Happy #nerdlution15!
Christopher Lehman 
Chris, so glad that your nerdlution includes less injuries but more happiness. Happiness is a state that I always seek on my quest to be more positive. I started the yoga routine yesterday and hope that this will strengthen my muscles and activity that lay dormant since NCTE 14. Happy New Year.