Ever had one of those days. You know, the ones where your comforter/duvet wraps itself tightly around you, pulling you into it's warm embrace. Your bedroom cloaks you in comfort as its dim light whispers lullabies, tempting you to hit "snooze", accept your comforter/duvet's inviting embrace and languidly slip back into dreamland for part two of that really great dream you were having. I don't know about you, but all this begins a raging argument within myself. The Responsible Side whispers, "It's time to start your day." The Immature/Irresponsible Side counters with, "Just a few minutes more and then you can get up." Followed by, "Come on. You know you're not going to make it out the house on time if you lay here for much longer. There's lots that has to be done today." Eventually, the "arguing" between the two sides of myself becomes so loud, the only way to have any peace is to just get up! Well, I had one of those mornings today. What made today a little more unusual, was the continuation of the internal arguing even after getting up. The topic was "To gym or not to gym." There were some really great arguments made against visiting my place of blood, sweat and perseverance. Some really tempting ones, in fact. Yet, I kept going. One foot in front of the other, until, I found myself standing in front of the door to Curves. One would think that at this point, the two sides would have conceded the arguments and let me be. Oh no! It continued, like two snippy chihuahuas, continually harassing each other. "Do just one circuit." "You're here now, might as well do the full two." "You're not feeling 100%. You don't want to end up hurting yourself" "Think of your riding goals. You want to strengthen your legs, don't you? Do at least two circuits." While they continued to snip and snap at each other, I did two circuits, with extra reps on the squat and quad machines. I didn't let Immature/Irresponsible Side get me down when I looked up my work out stats and saw I was a little below where I wanted to be. I didn't get down on myself because I had managed to complete my workout, to the best of my ability, with all that racket going on in my head!! Surely, that was the hardest part of the day. Surely now the noise in my head would die down and let me get on with the rest of my day. Alas! The new subject of debate: going to the barn. I don't really need to go to the barn. I could survive without going, and yet .... I know that I am better once I've been there. I doled out some apples to my four legged friends, chatted to assistant trainer as she did her chores, and by the time I left, there was peace. No more wrestling with myself. At least for a while. It started all over again on entering my home. "Get things picked up. Tidy up. You'll feel better" "Nah. Leave it for a day." "You left it for a day yesterday" "The kids are only going to mess everything up. Why bother?" And so on and so forth. Again, during this tug of war, I managed to wipe down the kitchen counters, load the dishwasher, get a load of laundry done and made some time to quickly write this blog (even though, according to one Side, "no-one reads it anyway!").
Yes, today has been one of those days. Everything has been a fight and a struggle. Yet, I feel like I have accomplished so much more precisely because of it. I didn't give in. I kept moving forward. One little step at a time. One little action followed another. The result has been, the things that are important to me, have gotten done. Some of the things that aren't so important but necessary have gotten done too. That's reason to celebrate!
Whatever day you're having, whether it be highly motivated or a continual struggle to get things done, at the end of the day, may you feel content. May there be pride in what you have accomplished. May you go to sleep tonight, with a smile on your face and a light, joyful spirit. Until tomorrow morning ...
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