I have been hit with many financial burdens in the last month. Helping my niece out with college, paying for 2011 full year gym membership, Christmas, and all the normal struggles that we all face financially. Then this week, I found out that there is a Dr. in my general area who fits patients with a hearing aid to stop people from stuttering. My 25 year old Nephew stutters and has since he was about 5. He is not in a financial position to pay the 5k required for this hearing aid type device but I know if it could stop him from stuttering it would change his life. I told him in the New Year we will put together a plan to get him this device. And finally, my personal fitness sessions are almost done. For a week now, I have seriously considered not continuing with my trainer, but finally decided that I need to finish this journey. I am signing up for 100 hrs of training which will start in January and end in October of 2011. Financially, I will have no money to do much else in the next year but decided that's ok, cause it will give me more time to spend in the gym.
This has got to be it for me though. I have to give this next 11 mos everything I have got. In the two years I have been on this journey, I have changed so much. I am so much more confident in myself. I now walk with my head held high, and know that I am fantastic. I am beautiful, and I deserve nothing but the best out of life. Now, the only thing I want to prove to myself is that I am an athlete. I gave up on athletics when I was about 9 because I felt I was too fat to be an athlete. Now in my 40's I am going to prove that I am an athlete.
In January I am going to sign up to do a Sprint Triathlon in September of next year. That consists of a 750m open water swim, a 20k bike ride and a 5k run. This is double the distance I did in June of this year. My goal is to put everything into training for this which means I will probably focus a lot of my blog towards my training in order to keep me motivated. I am not too worried about the 20k bike (although the course is up will most of the first 10k) and although the swim portion almost stopped me dead in my tracks last June, I think I can manage it. It is the 5k run that scares me the most, so that is what I will need to focus on the most.
I am hoping that in the process of getting to the tri, I will be able to get to my goal weight, or at least pretty close to it.
So here I go again.
4 comments:
One of the biggest things for me was when I actually started seeing myself as an athlete. I see you as an athlete - you just have to start believing it!
You are a wonderful aunt!
Making priorities in life and making a conscious decision about how we use the money we have, no matter how much or how little, to live the life we want to is a very smart thing.
Ps. I'm about 80% sure that I'm using my money in 2011 to visit your neck of the woods in the spring :)
*hinthintweshouldtotallymeethinthint*
Thanks Laurie. You are living the life I want to live and you are SUCH an inspiration to me.
Blue, I think we should challenge ourselves and in the spring, plan on a big shopping trip here in Toronto when you come :)
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