all the cool bloggers are doing reviews of 2008 and goals for 2009 and I am nothing if not a sheep *baaa* I was actually born in the year of the sheep and collect sheep figurines so I have an affinity for our ovine friends: however, I digress. I set quite a few goals for 2008. Because Noddie was at kinder and I wasn't studying, there would be actual free, unallocated time! It was my 'gunna' year - I was gunna do so many things, so many...anyway, here we go
Goals for 2008
1. complete an Olympic distance triathlon
2. run my first full marathon, on the Gold Coast
3. complete the 210km Bay in a Day cycling event
4. run the Melbourne half Marathon, finishing at the MCG
5. have piano lessons
6. read lots of trashy novels
7. lose 10kg
8. be accepted in a Masters in Clinical Psychology at my old uni
What I actually did
1. Bairnsdale Olympic distance triathlon completed!
2. Ran the Gold Coast half marathon
3. DNS. Let's not go there.
4. CR cheer squad again.
5. huh? Crap, I forgot
6. Oh, yes...
7. lost 6kg. gained 3kg of it back.
8. decided on a Masters in health psych at another uni
There are two ways to look at this. It could be seen as utter failure (except for 1, which was ace, and 6 - that went really well). Hardly any of my grand dreams came true. Should have, could have, didn't could be crushing me right now.
I choose to look back at an exciting year. I learned so much. I started a new career in the field I have been working toward for a long time. I continue to learn that working as a psychologist will be far more complex and demanding than I was expecting. I started to learn how to race beyond the point where you want to puke. I learned - AGAIN - how to suck up huge personal (aka ego-driven) disappointment and admit that there are things you just can't do anything about. I found out who my friends are, and put more effort into appreciating them. I hope I never lose that. I walked my talk, and put my family first when I had to, and didn't mind. I stopped wearing a watch or a HRM or using my bike computer or recording my training distances because the numbers were freaking me out instead of motivating me. I did stuff because I said I would. I became more aware of why I do things; I did what I love (apart from nearly drowning a good friend, ahem, sorry about that Secret Sara). I had fun.
I don't have many goals for 2009*. I will support Noddie and the Spousal Unit and work to make our little family even stronger and more loving. I will seek the good in my nearest and dearest rather than only seeing their faults. I am going to shed those pesky kgs again, and pass uni. We are going to the Gold Coast again in July because I have a bone to pick with that half marathon (and we love theme parks); and I'll be really pleased if I can finally run into the G in October. I'd like to do at least two more Olympic distance triathlons this summer. I'm really enjoying this calm feeling. It's hard to describe - something like maybe I am good enough and I do work hard enough? - but I'm hanging onto it as long as I can. I'll train as often as I can and race when I can. I can feel a good year coming on. I can.
Can you?
*Thinking about this overnight, it is not actually true. Check the sidebar. Next post,eh?
More anon, cheerful anticipators!
NEXT: LBTEPA decides a week is not enough preparation for an Olympic distance triathlon
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Happy new year
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
12 much-appreciated comments:
Nice work babe! Assess and reprioritise - good business sense me thinks!
And I can feel a good one coming on too!
Yes. I can feel a good year coming on as well. :-)
That's the spirit!!!!!!!! They seem like pretty worthwhile goals to me.
Keep smiling! Keep shining!
That's all I can say.
That and that you should know that sometimes when life seems so completely bleak for me, I get a comment from you, and somehow then I find the strength to keep going.
How could I ever thank someone like you???
Someday I hope to think of a fitting tribute...
I hope your 2009 is everything you want it to be.
love,
m
you are the best! what a great year you had. and sounds like a great year coming up.
can i?? can I???? YES I CAN!
It is very hard to break into that mode where we accept that we are good enough, and that we do deserve good things. This is something that our little family have to accept.
I mean, we all wish the best for our friends and family, why can't we wish the best for ourselves as well.
I think you have had an amazing year and this year will be even better :)
I think the goals were doing achieve aren't failures, they were just the wrong goals - obviously if they were really a priority, then we'd be checking them off! Of course that excludes goals not completed due to injury etc - which are just total bummers!
And I'm actually thinking the GC half might be a good goal myself... think I can fit that in.
Apart from all, at least you have a list, I dont.
Run til you puke - then run some more .... I like that :-)
Take care and have a graet '09
See you out there
Eat Em
Looks like you grew a lot inside! Yay for you! 2009 will be great!
Sounds like you made some much needed adjustment to still have a great year! Ever onward :-)
blah blah blah.
where was the part where i see you again? we can talk about boys and sex and make jeanne jealous.
Post a Comment