Category: Maybe It’s Impossible
What’s Your Pathetic Excuse?
You should know, in case you don’t, I respond to every single comment and email you send. Yesterday’s Lane 8 post had a comment from occasional Guest Blogger, Skip.
Here’s the reply I just wrote, it feels post-worthy:
What if, instead of your outward appearance, you thought of your “comeback” in terms of showing your daughters that getting older doesn’t mean we have to compromise an active, healthy lifestyle?
That getting older isn’t a jail sentence to ill-health.
Do you want your daughters and your grandchildren to be unhealthy when they get older?
What will motivate them to “break the cycle” and be the change, if you can’t, or won’t, do it?
Just Keep Trying
It challenging, isn’t it?
To stay healthy.
To find time to exercise.
To figure out ways to not get bored.
To stay focused.
To make smart food choices.
To get enough rest.
To never give up.
It’s challenging, and we need to remind ourselves, “Just keep trying.”
Under Six?
“Ever worry about being too fast?”
This is usually not anything that crosses a runner’s mind.
And if you’re not a runner, think of it this way, “Ever worry about being too good at something you’re working hard to be good at?”
Um, let me guess, “No, it never crosses your mind. Why would it? Who doesn’t want to be really fast, or really good?”
Exactly.
Except.
Except when too much too soon could be detrimental to your long term success.
Heading out for a five-mile run. I sure hope the fourth mile isn’t under six minutes.
Not yet anyway.
Keep Your Goals Very Small
What the? Keep my goals very small? Didn’t you say to dream big?
Didn’t you say, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.”
Exactly.
And maybe the challenge for many people, including you, is that your definition of impossible is inaccurate.
When I started running 11 years ago, my impossible goal wasn’t to run in the Master’s Track & Field World Championships.
It also wasn’t to run one mailbox a day for a week, and then two mailboxes a day the second week and so on.
It was to get started and never stop.
One day at a time. Get started and never quit. Never quit, one day at a time – this is what I mean by very small goals.
Do you see the difference?