Still struggling to remember to record stuff, and do stuff. If dog training counted towards my numbers I would probably be golden. Since Kung Fu means “hard work”, and we are supposed to apply Kung Fu to the rest of our lives, then the dog training counts, right? The numbers however… well, they speak for themselves (not helped by forgetting to write some of them down). Thank goodness the “smart watch” keeps track of the kilometres so that I can always go and find them later for recording in my tracker.
I’ve been forgetting to look at my tracker (excel spread sheet) I’ve been forgetting to journal, including jotting my numbers there (if nowhere else), which makes writing a blog more difficult.
Still feeling stretched a bit too thin. What’s that line, “like butter that has been scraped over too much bread”? To help me deal with this more effectively, since I was still feeling too scattered, I took a little time the other day to write down my goals, and the main steps needed to accomplish them, and decide which ones I have the ability to work on right now and which ones must wait. It helps but there are still some that need to be completed before I can work on others, and others that may need to be eliminated. Some simply must be done even if I don’t want to do them.
I do keep a planner to help me keep on track and, for the most part, it helps, but things are still getting lost. Sometimes I forget to transfer tasks and reminders like I need to. Sometimes I simply forget to put them in there in the first place.
Mostly I’m just hoping that this is a natural part of recovering from the overwhelm, the burnout.
I make an effort to give myself permission to have rest times. It’s very hard for me not to feel guilty taking these. Even though I logically know how important these are to overall health, wellbeing, and performance, it is still hard to give myself permission to simply go for a walk, or read for pleasure, or anything else enjoyable that takes up my time instead of doing something “productive”.
With regard to martial arts training, there was something I experienced the other day during a class. We were doing some punches and I finally felt what it was like to have the arms and hands relaxed until they suddenly tense at the end for the punch. I think of it like getting the timing and feel just right to be able to snap a damp towel at something. It felt good! Not sure if I’ll be able to repeat it anytime soon but at least now I know I CAN do it.
Numbers:
Pushups/equivalent: 1512
Sit-ups/equivilant: 7512
Weapon form: 440
Hand form: 143
RAoK: 181
Sparring: 404
Kilometres: 2077
Memorize Mastery: 23 days I’ve actively worked on it
Nurture relationships: stalled a bit
Blogging: 29
Drawing: 8
Meditation: 63
Great Coat Project: still stalled.
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