Ready, Re-Set, GO

Also well said by Winston Churchill, "Never, never, never, never give up".

Real quick, I haven't written in a month. I also have not smoked in a month, awesome accomplishment for self, and yes, I will pat myself on the back for that one. I have been swimming, training, taking lessons, practicing in the pool and in the ocean. (And if you must know, this past week I have been resting.) I have encountered many moments of humility and many moments of accomplishment, joy and fulfillment.

I'm sure you've heard this once or twice before in your life, "Don't compare yourself to other people". I've heard it, tried it, and well, compared myself to others! I mean, if other people aren't the frame of reference, then who is??! Oh right, me! What a great exercise this has been in comparing me to me. I'm challenging myself, I'm raising the bar on myself. I'm not trying to prove something to anyone else anymore, it's become about me creating a new relationship to and with myself. Pretty deep for an activity I signed up to do in hopes of toning up. Well, it worked.

On another note, my coach, Coach Brian (look to the right, you can have him too!), talks about re-setting. Constantly re-setting. It had a big impact when he first said it, and it's had a big impact during my training...In fact, it's had an impact all over, even out of the pool. The truth is, no matter how good one becomes, there will never be the time that each stroke is perfect. There will never be the time in which every move I make, every step I take is absolutely perfect. It's about re-setting. It's about how quickly can I adapt, move on and re-set instead of getting stuck in the self doubt and deprecation of how my stroke was off just now, or I didn't breathe at the right moment, or better yet, an outside source threw me off. So what, who cares, re-set. Re-set, re-set and go. Re-set some more and go again, and so on and so forth...Just re-set!