Life in the LongWhiteCloud

1st February, Monday Emotions: Tired, relaxed, annoyed (injury). Weekly achievements: Learning more about selling at icebreaker, through trial and error Budgeting well this week, by only buying necessity's such as food, rent, petrol. Having sensible rewards at end of week (buying a sweet longsleeve, pub).  Continuing to build great rapport with clients at vision. This one and the next set of long weekends have given me some time to relax and catch up with jobs needing doing, like registering reps for PT, baking, knee rehab and an overall break from training (not going today). Also has reminded me how important at least one day off every week is, and some time to myself to get away from people and social environments. Its also made me think about goal setting and working hard without a direction, which is what I and a lot of other people do, which is pointless. From now on, I will always stop and think before a hard training session, gym session or other job, is i...

29th January, Friday Feelings this week : Anxious, dissapointment, overexerted, overtired, insecure. Feelings previous weeks : Frustration, overwhelmed, After a long period without a post, my new job at Vision PT is taking most of my energy and focus, leaving other areas of life neglected. This includes activities essential for my own well being, and resilience, such as ultimate, surfing and guitar, which I gain confidence from improving and having success at. As a result, ultimate in particular has taken a blow and I've lost some of my previous confidence and ability. Also my chronic patellar injury has taken another step backward after a great recovery period. Plan of Action' Make getting plenty of sleep this weekend and next week a big priority. Sleeping pills for training nights Meditation and yoga practices every night before sleep No screens 2 hours before sleep Buy more magnesium I'll keep going to trainings, throw every day but cease to train at ...

The start of the new year, and being on holiday the last 10 days has not helped me relax and recharge from a tough first week at work as much as I would have liked. I think this problem is coming from the fact I am letting small worry's and insecurities take over and unsettle my mind. Even though I've had a pretty relaxing week at home, small commitments I need to keep up with such as gym, sleep pattern and rehab have been causing me more trouble than necessary.  I think this just stems from the busy year I've had ending on the south island trip and graduation. This took me further away from a more free-flowing confident life I want to live, and more towards an insecure and busy life swept up in juggling numerous commitments. If I want to be able to manage effectively the sporting, social and work commitments I will be juggling this year (2016), I will need to further develop my planning skills.  Things I could improve are setting dates aside in advance, i.e. weekend...