I listened to my body and took Thursday off from exercise. I had hit it pretty hard out of the gate on Monday with the start of my 90 Day Challenge. Friday I picked up another bike ride and Saturday I had a lovely 2.25 mile jog at the park.
At the end of my run yesterday when I was near guilting myself for not having done more on my day off, I reminded myself that a week earlier I was doing absolutely nothing. And here I was, ending a 2.25 mile jog - though feeling as if I was in slow motion - I had done it. I was becomming familiar with my body and what I was able to do. How far and how hard I was capable of going. In that moment, I let guilt go and felt an overwhelming since of pride in myself for what I was doing.
My old mentality offered no break, no forgiveness for anything short of perfection. As perfection is far from realistic, these strict operating guidelines I imposed upon myself always yielded failure. Once I realized I had fallen short of my set goal, I would throw in the towel and spend my time lamenting instead of recalibrating and striking again the next day. My old mentality was one of throwing the baby out with the bath water, so to speak, due to my lack of recognition for the good I had done. My focus was always on where I had fallen short, not the effort I had made.
Tomorrow is brand new and I owe it to myself to not ever give up for any perceived slip up. I am making progress, and that is what counts, not some arbitrary sense of perfection that is ultimately unattainable.
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Warmth & light,
Selena
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