I have had to take a break from writing over the past 7 weeks as life for the first time in awhile got extremely overwhelming. Between selling our house and moving into our new house, going on vacation with the girl of my dreams, getting sicker than I have been for a long time, trying to consistently build up my patient base, coaching some amazing athletes and being a present parent for all of my girls functions...well lets just say time management got a little stressful.
I am one however that believes that there is plenty of time in the day to live an extremely fulling life and accomplish all of your micro and macro goals. However over the last 8 weeks the one thing that I was not able to fit in is my love for triathlon training and the passion I have for consistent positive training. For the past 15 plus years of always putting training towards the forefront of my life and the constant need to always check the box daily with training my mind had a hard time over this transition phase not getting the daily dose of accomplishment it is use to. Some stress and slight depression did creep in initially as what I thought was my daily identity was being stripped away.
In the end however I will say that I have come out of this hiatus a better person, father, husband and athlete. I have learned that there is more to life than podium spots or the constant need to always beat some meaningless number in training. What is important is the time I spend with my wife and kids. Training and triathlon is not who I am but being an amazing father and husband is my drive in this life.
I still have a passion for triathlon and it will always be with me but what I have learned is that with minimal focused training I can not only still compete but I can have a WHOLE lot more time for the things that mean something to me. Or as my wife would say I have more time now to think I am Bob Vila with our new house.
At the end of the day all I am trying to get across to everyone is make sure you put your goals and time allocation into PERSPECTIVE. Are you focusing daily on what is really important to you or are you getting side tracked with a temporary goal that in the long run may hurt whats important to you? My family has always been number one in my life but looking back I could tell that I sacrificed some family time for my triathlon goals. With re-focusing and goal re-assessment I know that for me triathlon will always be a part of who I am but now its time for truly just enjoying the sport for what it is and not beating myself up if I miss a workout but knowing I probably missed that workout because something was more important.
Make It Count!!!!
