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The last few days the shooting pain (i.e. sciatic nerve) traveling up and down my right leg caused moments of misery however I was reminded that injuries are a type of setback and setbacks are part and parcel of the journey towards elite levels of performance. Lessons learned What are some of the ways I…
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Tuesdays have become my training days. 4pm-6pm, my own organized Tuesday Training session. Following that, 7pm-9pm at Kev’s Kitchen. And though today is today, I am sitting out due to a hamstring injury (more about the injury over at Stretch Therapy Forum) Because I’m nursing this injury tonight, I decided to try and spend a…
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I sometimes doubt decisions I make. I sometimes question what I’m doing. I sometimes lack conviction. But there’s one decision I made 1.5 years ago that I know, deep down in my bones, is the right decision for me: reorganizing my life to maximize time spent with my (6 year old) daughter. What sparked this…
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I’ve been told throughout my life that I have a tendency to rush. I struggle with boredom, which according to Brené Brown can be defined as “uncomfortable state of wanting to engage in a satisfying activity, but being unable to do it.” People throughout my life would often (with good intention) kindly suggest that I…
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With my eyes still slightly shut, I slowly rose to consciousness this morning when suddenly, through the not so sound proof windows connecting my bedroom to the front garden, I heard the muffled sound of the dumpster truck slowing makes it way down the street. Based on decibal level of the metal claw wrapping its…
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The cycle of disorganization followed by organization Yesterday morning, I had a (often recurring) thought to improve my organization skills. I’m aware that this repeating desire comes in cycles, periods of deep disorganization, followed by frustration — frustration from being unable to find something I saved, frustration from dropping the ball on some project —…
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While walking the pups this morning, I had a sudden urge to listen to a podcast and I pulled out my iPhone (13), launched Apple Podcast, and navigated to one of my favorite podcasts: A slight change of plans. After not listening to any of her podcast episodes for nearly a year, I scrolled down…
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Is this book even for me? I was pursuing a bookstore — Waterstones, the Wimbledon location — and ended up purchasing Carol Dweck’s book titled “Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfill your potential”, despite some initial hesitation. Before walking over to the checkout counter with book in hand, I picked the book off…
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The book “Four thousands weeks” by Oliver Burkeman profoundly impacted me when I blasted through reading it this past year and I’m currently considering picking up the book and reviewing my hand written annotations marked on each pages, notes I took: summaries, quotes, questions, etc. But before reaching to grab the book, the following thought…
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Today, I had a 1:1 dance private with Francesa Miles and while the initial agenda she had initially stitched together had us focusing on use of space — which we did go over — the dance lesson took an unexpected turn and I learned that some of the recent critique I’ve been receiving around my…