Work
I don’t like to call it work because I love it.
Just because I love it doesn’t mean it’s easy to get in the water and practice.
But I get in the water to practice because there is work to be done.
I don’t like to call it work because I love it.
Just because I love it doesn’t mean it’s easy to get in the water and practice.
But I get in the water to practice because there is work to be done.
This is not just another post about “our response to the COVID-19 outbreak”. I need to halt our regularly scheduled programming to freak out for just a minute. I was going to talk about how to rewire your brain to make change; taking the time during a chaotic masters practices to focus on just feeling…
As the leaves start to fall in Southern Oregon and the crisp air lasts well into late morning before the sun shines bright to warm things up, the idea of an open water swim is less and less appealing. Where we live, it is down right hard to swim in the open water this time…
“Do I want to improve?” If the answer is, “no,” keep doing what you’re doing. If the answer is, “yes,” continue reading. “How do I improve,” you ask? Learn how to learn. With accountability and focus, you can improve at anything. Washing dishes. Folding sheets. Making bread. Playing an instrument. Learning to sew. Knit. Tie…
I wanted to ‘fix’ my stroke. I was having shoulder pain when I swam, and I wanted to make it go away. However, it is not a break-fix proposition. If you aren’t making the intervals that you used to or can’t swim as far as you want, or have pain, it has considerably less to…
I got busy today and didn’t have time to __(insert activity here)__. Can I buy a steak freeze? Sorry, there are no streak freezes. This is real life we’re living! Don’t beat yourself up. Accept the decision(s) you made and move on. Let. It. Go. But don’t skip the next one!
With all of my work and personal events getting tossed this year, and 3 months of social isolation with a 3 and 5 year old under my belt, I’ve gone through several rounds of mentally coming to grips with: what do I do now? With regard to my swimming, most recently I’ve settled on speed…