Excuses?!

As a new year begins, we tend to start contemplating the things in life we would like to change about ourselves or our situations. I hear things from wanting to quit smoking, wanting to save more money, wanting to lose weight, etc. All resolutions have great reasoning, but what is sometimes lacking is the resolve for follow through. I, myself, am guilty of making resolutions, but looking back at the end of the year feeling remorse for unsuccessfully fulfilling an obligation I made to myself. That is why I will make a new resolution this year to throw out resolutions and begin making strides to successful goals. Any runner will tell you that they never reached their current pace over night, nor was any Olympian born with 8 gold medals. Success comes with perseverance, practice and more importantly failure.

Failure isn't something to be scared of and in fact can be the fuel we need to achieve our goals. I have failed many of you by not updating my blog over the last few months. My excuses are many and generally center around knee issues that have required me to postpone my marathon, adjusting to parenthood, and work. All of these things are just excuses, walls that I have built up in my mind that have halted me from achieving my goals. My excuses aren't what stops me from achieving my goals, but I am what stops me from achieving my goals. I have failed myself.

This though is not the end. I plan to modify my goals to adapt to my knee injury and find ways to lose weight and continue to take those strides needed to achieve my ultimate goal of running a marathon. Instead of telling myself that I cant run a 5k, I will instead walk one until I can get the strength and endurance to run one. Our excuses are typically mind over matter and what truly matters is the happiness we can feel with achieving our end result. I hope that the New Year brings all of you great peace, prosperity, and happiness. Get out there and try, that is all I can ask and all you owe yourself.