So I have some goals I would like to accomplish that I have wanted to accomplish for a long time now.
1. Running
2. Painting
3. Swimming
I would really love to run long distances, but I get exhausted so quickly and then I give up. I admire those people I see running along the road and I wish I could do it. So yesterday I started. I walk 100 steps then run 100 steps and I did this for 15 mins. It worked really well. I then plan to decrease the walking steps and increase the running steps and increase the amount of time I run/walk. I read on a website that you should not listen to music and instead listen to the sound of your feet hitting the pavement and focus on that. It worked. I really enjoyed it and couldn’t wait to do it again. So I will keep you posted as to how it is going. I would love Matt to run with me, but he has no interest in running, so I will start on my own and then possibly join the running room once I am comfortable with my ability.
I have always wanted to paint. I mentioned the other day that I had an idea for a painting to go above our bed that involves separate canvasses, but is all one picture. To my surprise, Matt came home with the canvasses for me to paint on. My next step is to put my idea onto the canvas.
My one challenge that I have faced forever and I always get uncomfortable when the topic comes up and that is the fact that I don’t know how to swim. I don’t mind going into the water, but there is just something that is stopping me from learning to swim. I would love to know how and I know the longer I wait, the harder it is going to get. Well it definitely isn’t going to get any easier that is for sure. Matt has offered to teach me to swim, but I have an issue of listening to Matt when he is trying to teach me something. Progress Fitness offers private lessons, but they haven’t gotten back to me yet. I have taken the step to contact someone about learning, so now I just have to push myself to follow through and try. I would love to be comfortable on a boat and when we some day own a boat, I could enjoy going out and not have to stay on land.
So there you have it, some things that I want to do and I have started towards all three which is very exciting to me. It is great to accomplish something you put your mind to and you see results. What other reason are we here for if we don’t push ourselves to do things that we can’t do but are interested in doing. You will never discover what you are good at until you try. Everything involves practice and eventually practice makes skills you are good at, not perfect because nobody is.
I have felt happy about myself lately and I like that. I am caring less and less each day about what others think and focussing on doing things for myself. It is a great feeling to let go of caring about what others think. It is much easier to develop into the person you were born to be and detach from the person you think others want you to be.