A milestone birthday is the best reason possible to set myself a fun fitness target. This one should keep me motivated and stop me moping
I hate the winter. Well, strictly speaking, I just hate the dark. I find it so hard to get up before it gets light in the morning – I feel drugged. And at the end of the day, when it’s already dark again as I leave work, I just want to scurry home and hibernate. The relentless darkness incapacitates me. I feel as though I’m in a suspended animation during the long hours of darkness. As someone who loves the outdoors, I spend a lot of my time thinking about going swimming, then not going, and then beating myself up for not going.
This year I’ve felt it particularly keenly. But it’s supposed to be a significant year for me, 2015. I’m 50 this year. That’s a milestone, apparently. Instead of feeling motivated I’ve been moping around feeling trapped and miserable and, to add insult to injury, old as well. So, I have decided that I have to kick myself into gear and do something to stop feeling sorry for myself. What I need is a 50th year challenge.
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