Wrote this back in July and never posted it…I could change some of the details but the overarching theme is still quite relevant. Let’s stop moping around, complaining, basing perceptions on other people or whatever it is for you…and let’s start attacking whatever goals you truly have (what are those goals? Maybe you need to stop there and think that through for a bit).
After classes were over on Saturday and I was by myself, rearranging and cleaning…I started to head down an…interesting path in my head. Honestly, I was feeling sorry for myself.
I just want to get this knee surgery over with. How long will my recovery really be?
How can keep our members from getting too frustrated with class schedules, class limitations?
My permit is up soon with the board of health. I wonder what day they will pop in. Unannounced. What if my spacing is off? What if I am missing a sign that is required?
Man, these barbells are starting to rust….
What is the right cleaning product that doesn’t completely destroy flooring, equipment, lungs? Is there a “right” product?
It’s so hot here…
Then I came home and my son came up to me with a very different perspective. “Dad, I was able to go 5-4-3-2-1 on my ring muscle ups! (True story: he spends 20-30 minutes every day working on drills…in the basement…on his own. You can guess which son this is.) I’m proud of myself.”
“I am so proud of you too. All your work! Well done.”
And I’m wallowing because…I’m basing my perception with others on some barbells?????
We feel sorry for ourselves often. We don’t look like they do. We can’t get our nutrition right like they do. We aren’t lifting as much as we did before quarantine (that’s a whole other post). What I realized this weekend (yet again) is that feeling sorry for myself…just gets me stuck in a perpetual state of self pity and digression.
My son could’ve gotten stuck on “Well, I just can’t do this movement.” But he didn’t. He dragged himself into the basement every day to prove to himself that, he can be proud of himself because of the work that he put in.
Time to put in some work.