A Higher Standard

Maintaining a higher standard for ourselves can be tough.
Without deadlines or demands we can coast but watch that its not a downhill coast!
Our practice becomes more intense and frequent as we prepare...and so it should but without that push, what do we do with our down time.
When we have down time it gives you the opportunity to dig deep into your forms, techniques and your problem areas. Unfortunately it can be too easy just to take a more relaxed approach and kick back.
But this can become crisis training. You don't want to be an 'on' and 'off" switch.
Steady Eddy is best with the occasional 'go hard" when needed.
Training should become a lifestyle rather than a thing to do and mark off your list.

I am back from being out of town this week again, this messes with my "Steady Eddy' philosophy, always. This has always been a challenge to incorporate training and improvement when routine is disrupted.
My thoughts to myself...I am to hold myself to a higher standard, this means I have the discipline to overcome laziness and procrastination. Breaking routine should just be a matter of creativity not utter defeat...always find time to train!

Thinking and doing are two different things...I am guilty of not always carrying out my thoughts but holding yourself to a higher standard is always a work in progress, hopefully with steady and frequent steps forward.