Now the runs that had kept me busy for the past few months are over my mood has completely bottomed out again. The excitement of pushing myself towards the finishing line has been replaced by the sense of having no purpose and nothing to aim for again.
Flooding back is the sense of failure because I can’t get my arse into gear and find something constructive to do with my time. As much as I enjoyed the gym there was a purpose to my efforts, now I can’t motivate myself to go!
I seem to have lost my mojo again!
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Maybe I need to sign up for next years 10k run, at least then I will have something to look forward to again.
If only I had £28 spare….
In other news tomorrow I get to finally meet someone who means a lot to me for their support and encouragement over the past 12 months. Assuming they turn up of course as meeting the moose in the real world can be quite scary!
I was feeling a little of that myself, so I went back to school. Are there any kind of adult education programs in your area that you could get involved in?
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not sure if it would affect my benefits
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Huh, can’t really offer any insights with that as I’m in the US. I would think that they’d want to encourage folks on benefits to get some education seeing as that might eventually help with getting back into the work force and would help with things like self-esteem and an overall feeling of well being what with all the exercising of the brain muscle. Of course, bureaucratic types don’t think logically like we do sometimes.
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Ooooh the meeting tomorrow sounds positive at least, enjoy!
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i just hate the down cycle once the thing i have had to look forward to has passed 😦
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I know, but there will be something else! Honest!
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Any goal no matter how small or how big will keep you moving forward. Even little steps. Did you try floating?
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Garry..not sure if you have heard of park run. They run every week and are a 5km distance (which you have proved you can do) Its free and timed so if you wanted to work on your time? Lots in London http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/
Hope it helps! C x
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thank you so much!
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that sounds like fun. you could go and try beat your time
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I’m sorry to hear that moose. Maybe you can set a self imposed goal of running the same distance, but faster? i find my self imposed goals helps me lace up my walking shoes.
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thanks for the tip!
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Only you can give yourself something to aim for, you can do other runs not just charity runs. Now you’ve got a time to beat as well . In the words of s club 7 don.t stop moving
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