“I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were, in some degree to get rid of it; it seems made over to a friend that hears it patiently, keeps it faithfully, and by never forgetting anything, is always ready to compare the past & present and thus to cheer & edify the future.”
~ Anne Lister
As the Year of the Dragon is drawing to a close I am both happy with my progress and unhappy with it. I’m happy because this year I made some major changes to my life that I’m sure will be of great benefit to my future. These changes have created a sense of relief, a feeling of great weight lifting off my shoulders, a sense of accomplishment, and reduced stress. In a way it has been a year of healing and realization. I didn’t realize how much so many of these things that I changed, and am changing, affected my emotional, physical, and psychological health.
The problem is that as much as this positively impacts my life it doesn’t show up in my numbers, which is the part I’m unhappy about. Even my kilometres, which usually take care of themselves, are lower than in previous years.
Numbers:
Pushups: 3647
Situps: 2828
Weapon Form: 480
Hand Form: 351
Random Acts of Kindness: 108
Sparring: 230
Kilometres: 1379
Memorize “Mastery”: Reading it doesn’t make me memorize it, yet I frequently find myself going back to it as a gauge for decision making.
Nuture Relationships:
Blogging: 39
Declutter my life: Ongoing. With what there is left to do it will be carrying over into the Year of the Snake.
Great Coat project: A lesson in the fact that sometimes things change what you wish your priority could be. I’ve had to back burner this project until a much more important one is finished. So it will likely be carried over into the Year of the Snake as well.
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