I recently listened to an interview with Alex Honnold who does free solo climbing. That means someone who climbs up rock walls without a rope. I knew people did this and hadn't thought much about it, but this captivated my attention. The thought of climbing a rock wall without a rope makes me shutter. Watching [...]
A nearby preschool recently built a playground. Where do you think the kids were playing? Yup...about 7 were playing on the mound of dirt while one or two explored the playground. (I felt it would have been creepy to take a picture of the actual kids playing so here's the setting).
I am working on creating a new training plan (YAY! and more on that later). I'm reminded that there are SO many different legitimate ways to train for a race. For any distance, you can find plans online that vary greatly in training distance, time, and composition. If you use a coach, I am sure [...]
I had watched the rituals many times...and yet it didn't correlate with graceful execution. Not until I executed the performance did it sync in. I started Toastmasters a few months ago. I attend fairly regularly so I have watched the different roles many times. If you are not familiar with it, Toastmasters is an organization [...]
I saw that someone else also starting their own law practice has a bunch of clients in way less time than me. My head started to spin : what's wrong with me? Will my practice ever amount to anything? Eventually I calmed and remembered that, just as in triathlon, I should only compare to myself. [...]
I have a magnet on my car that says: make time for play. It is a reminder of something that is important, but something I never did much as a kid or any time since. I struggle to be carefree and playful. Instead I treat my days as a game about how much I can [...]
Recognizing your weaknesses also means saying no to something that would be better done by others. I have been thinking a lot about what to say yes and no to lately. I still do not readily use no, however I think I have grown stronger through different exercises when I make a decision. Someday it [...]
Take your mark. Go! I gracefully dove from the blocks, into the water and started sprinting to the other end with perfect form. Ha. In reality: I flopped into the water, my goggles rushed up to my forehead, I attempted to swim with forward movement, ran into the lane line, and then continued with occasional [...]
Your bicep curl may not look like your neighbors. A fitness instructor for a weight lifting class shared this insight. I love it! As a health coach I try to spread the idea that the diet that works best for you may not be the same diet that works for your neighbor (diet meaning way [...]
Do you ever do the 'right' thing because you feel that someone is watching you or will find out if you don't? I have grown up with this feeling, at all times, regardless of how secluded I am. It's not a negative feeling. It's a positive, invisible, driving force. A community has institutionalized something similar. [...]
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