This post was hard to write and to keep fewer than 100 words. My original draft had 1,787 words. But once I removed all the whining, I managed to shorten it quite a bit.
Last week I broke. Undone by a multitude of challenges and by Life itself.
The challenges, Kung Fu and Life – None of them made sense last week. Failed meeting most my goals; but worse than that, I feel that I failed to meet my family’s needs. Yet, the week is done, and I am still here. What exactly went wrong? I think it can all be summed up by something Sifu Dennis taught us in TaiChi:
Do it because you want to. Not because you have to.
Last week, I stopped wanting to do the challenges, the Kung Fu, and life challenges and moved to having to do them. So I guess it all comes down to a problem of perspective.
I need to WANT to do it. So my plan moving forward is to:
- Own it. This is my journey. I define it. I choose it. I do it.
- Define my limitations. Challenges are infinite. Kung Fu is infinite. Mastery is infinite. Yet, I am finite. And I am also a perfectionist. I need to balance the desire to take on EVERY challenge with my personal ability to cope with all challenges accepted.
Let’s see if I can stay afloat this week…
No comments:
Post a Comment