I am a well-needed day off...
I was up pretty late last night because of an upset stomach, amongst other things...so I decided to stay home today...it's good, because I was able to get some work done around the house; namely working on the office and baby room. More clearing out the baby room and organizing the office/guest room so that I can actually WORK ON the baby room. But baby steps, just work on things one step at a time.
Going back to the circles of control thing from the other day...I was posed a question on how I focus my energy; is it directed at the things I can control? Or do I get caught up trying to work out things that are not? It's good to reflect on something like this, because I can look at my own history and actually see whether or not I had control of the things my energy was directed at. When I had complete control, well, not complete, but when I had some control over a situation, was when I focused my energy on training for the LA Marathon the first time I ran it; I had control over when I trained, what I ate, and was completely accountable for whether or not my training was adequate at the end. I knew I was in control because when I was faced with adversity, I found a way around it and make sure my training was done. When I got sent to Japan for work, I made sure I packed accordingly, along with running gear and made sure I squeezed in running time; when it rained, I forced myself to learn to run on a treadmill. For those of you who know me, you'll know I detest treadmill running...and the fact that I was able to run 16 miles on a treadmill is quite an accomplishment for me. I made sure I found time to do what I needed to do to train. Ironically; I trained so hard that I sustained an injury, of which I wasn't made aware of until about mile 15 of the marathon. All of my rigorous training while still participating in various other sports for cross training, I partially tore my meniscus and I definitely felt it during the marathon. At that point I had no control over the pain I was experiencing, and I had no choice but to walk when the pain got too unbearable. All I could do was run when the pain subsided and walk again when it returned. It was very difficult, to say the least, knowing that I just could not do what I wanted to do, which was to reach a goal of about 5 hours for the marathon, and I warred with just running it all out against my better judgement, just to accomplish that goal. But that would've probably caused me much more long-term harm than just sucking it up and accepting the situation for what it was. There are definitely many other situations I can look back upon, both when I have had control, and times when I had none at all, and even times, when it was a little of both, kinda like the marathon. Again, it's important to reflect on these moments, because you can learn from them. You can see what you need to do to act accordingly in the future.
Okay, time to get back to my tasks for the day....
Going back to the circles of control thing from the other day...I was posed a question on how I focus my energy; is it directed at the things I can control? Or do I get caught up trying to work out things that are not? It's good to reflect on something like this, because I can look at my own history and actually see whether or not I had control of the things my energy was directed at. When I had complete control, well, not complete, but when I had some control over a situation, was when I focused my energy on training for the LA Marathon the first time I ran it; I had control over when I trained, what I ate, and was completely accountable for whether or not my training was adequate at the end. I knew I was in control because when I was faced with adversity, I found a way around it and make sure my training was done. When I got sent to Japan for work, I made sure I packed accordingly, along with running gear and made sure I squeezed in running time; when it rained, I forced myself to learn to run on a treadmill. For those of you who know me, you'll know I detest treadmill running...and the fact that I was able to run 16 miles on a treadmill is quite an accomplishment for me. I made sure I found time to do what I needed to do to train. Ironically; I trained so hard that I sustained an injury, of which I wasn't made aware of until about mile 15 of the marathon. All of my rigorous training while still participating in various other sports for cross training, I partially tore my meniscus and I definitely felt it during the marathon. At that point I had no control over the pain I was experiencing, and I had no choice but to walk when the pain got too unbearable. All I could do was run when the pain subsided and walk again when it returned. It was very difficult, to say the least, knowing that I just could not do what I wanted to do, which was to reach a goal of about 5 hours for the marathon, and I warred with just running it all out against my better judgement, just to accomplish that goal. But that would've probably caused me much more long-term harm than just sucking it up and accepting the situation for what it was. There are definitely many other situations I can look back upon, both when I have had control, and times when I had none at all, and even times, when it was a little of both, kinda like the marathon. Again, it's important to reflect on these moments, because you can learn from them. You can see what you need to do to act accordingly in the future.
Okay, time to get back to my tasks for the day....
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