In the beginning of the year, as I looked at the list of
requirements I saw them as that, a list. I felt overwhelmed and hadn’t really taken the
time to think about what the purpose was for each one. It wasn’t until I started working to meet
them that I looked closer and saw that they were picked very deliberately, each
with its own purpose, to help us advance in our training and to help better us
as individuals. These challenges, both the ‘listed’ and those I chose for myself,
were no longer just a list written on paper but rather requirements and
challenges that were important to me and that I was going to be held
accountable for by an entire team of people.
The one’ listed’ requirement that has benefited me hugely,
is the logging. It has made me AWARE in
black and white. Logging of sit ups,
push ups, km’s, random acts of kindness, diet log, numbers for sparring and
repetitions of forms has all helped make me aware of what I am doing and of
exactly how engaged I am. I look at the
numbers and what seemed like an impossible number to meet at the beginning of
the year, is now a number I’m trying to see if I can beat. I can see where I am doing well and where I
need to pull up my socks. The benefit of this requirement to me is
awareness, motivation and accountability.
Logging has helped me to keep on track towards the goals I have set out
for myself and helped me to move forward, sometimes the long way (1 step
forward, 2 back).
As for personal challenges, those I chose with the focus
being on what was important to me in my life.
In some
way they were all related to bettering my relationships. I have found that the mending a relationship
requirement for I Ho Chuan, complimented my own personal challenges. I had a hard time in choosing a relationship
to mend. After a lot of thought, the one
I chose happened to better all other relationships in my life as well as keep
me sane and mentally at peace.
I can see the value in each and every requirement. Looking back over the year so far is
encouraging to me, to see how much positive change and growth there has been (a lot, not visible on the outside). The challenges I chose at the beginning have
been altered a little here or there, or new ones added as circumstances have
changed in life but always with the movement being forward.
Alana Regier
Sorry I didn't get this posted before leaving for a few days! Out of service area.
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