10.13.2016

Workout:

• Quick Yoga
• Resistance Band
• Footwork into 30-yard sprint
• The last step of the footwork drill is the first step of a 30-yard sprint
• Straight 30 x4
• 2 in 1 out x4
• lateral shuffle x8
• backward 2 in 1 out x4
• 5 jump squats x4
• Straight 30 x4

4/10 - I felt like I could have hammered out about 6 150s after this, maybe I should have.

Reading:

Book VI: Chapters 5 and 6

Notes:

Today I voted.  I voted for Hillary.

Some quick thoughts on voting.  First, your vote doesn't matter because there are 320 million people in the US.  Second, your vote does matter because it signals to politicians what you care about and can therefore potentially create a shift in their policies.  (See Hillary's shift left to appeal to Bernie supporters.)  

Choosing to not vote is a choice.  A choice that a thoughtful politician, like Barack Obama, will read as evidence that American's lack faith in politics.  Unfortunately most politicians are not this thoughtful and may misinterpret the message you are trying the send by not voting.

In the case of this election going third-party is essentially a nonvote.  Personally for me to "throw away" a vote by casting for a third-party candidate their ideology must align perfectly with mine (admittedly a higher standard is held for these candidates than for a candidate with a chance of winning).  Alas Gary Johnson doesn't think the US has a role to play in foreign politics and Jill Stein thinks vaccines give children down syndrome.

*Remember in America we have "freedom of choice", not "freedom from criticism".