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Get off the sofa!
Another run in the books. This 2.8 km run gave me my balance back and, as always, allowed me to get in touch with myself. If the Universe ever had a language, it would definitely be through a physical activity.
This morning, it felt like my body was disconnected from my brain (and still does a little bit). I suspect it has something to do with a sugar overdose in the past twenty-four. I basically feel hungover.
Yet I couldn’t help by admire that I have been consistently running at least once a week for 9 weeks now. As for a girl who can never stick to anything, this is not a bad score.
Consistency is a tricky thing.
Sadly, we don’t get anything in life with a one-off big effort — it’s those messy, repeated small actions that we don’t feel like taking, which move us forward, closer to our goals. It’s about those runs that you hate the thought of and hate everything about them as you run — when you go against yourself and take action when you don’t want to, you build resiliency and start trusting yourself.
That’s why I like running so much.
Because if I can put my trainers on and go running first thing in the morning when I really don’t feel like it, nothing else seems difficult. We are our worst enemies, and this brain of ours that just wants us to be comfortable is the only true obstacle. Once we master the art of keeping going despite how we feel about it, we become unstoppable.
Conclusion:
If you don’t feel like it , do it.
I don’t know anyone who regrets doing a workout, do you?
The comfort of the sofa is the opposite of fulfilment.
