Tuesday Morning Thoughts

I have to be honest. I feel a little bit like life is conspiring against me to keep me from doing what I want to do. In the last month or so it seems like there has been an unending supply of distractions that have interfered with my class attendance, my practice time, and my workouts. I’m trying not to dwell on them but, now that I have hurt myself and I am looking at being on the sidelines for a while, it’s hard not to reflect on what I could have done differently. I have skipped workouts and practice when I shouldn’t have and I’ll never get that time back. My injury was the result of me being an idiot and doing something that I shouldn’t have been doing.  And just like my choices to miss practices and workouts, that bad decision was under my control. Perhaps it’s a bit disingenuous to say that “life is conspiring against me” when I am the one in control most of the time. If I really think about it, there have been a few instances where I truly had no choice (death in the family, work deadline), but most of the time I have missed, and also time that I am going to miss, is on me. Hopefully this is a lesson that I will not have to learn over again, especially with the start of the I Ho Chuan year looming.

On a positive note I’m really excited about all the support I’ve been getting at work for the I Ho Chuan. I’ve told pretty much everyone at work and they have all been asking me about it and how I’m doing. I’ve been trying to gear up and I was doing pushups at work every day. Some of my co-workers are on board too and we’ve been having pushup competitions. I can really see the benefit to telling everyone about the I Ho Chuan. Besides creating accountability it also creates a support network. I think it will really help me this coming year.