LIFE challenges PART 1
It’s been a while to write down my thoughts, not that my thoughts have eluded me, but rather I just havnt had the time to get them out of my head and in print.
We are just about to embark on a 30 day challenge as a church, with the question “What would I do if I had 30 days to live’? It’s an interesting and powerfully provocative question/statement. It comes down to what legacy I want to leave, and looking for advice on how I should live every day to the full so in the end I will have lived LIFE and not look back and have regrets.
However lately I have been also challenged with simple life balance. I took a personal challenge to give up caffeine of all sorts for the working week ending today, ….. just because I knew I was relying a little too heavily on the drug to get me through the day. I didn’t really realise how much it effects me until this week. And it has taken till today to fee most of the effects of the detoxing leaving my headspace in particular! It was certainly a wake up call – although I felt like I needed to sleep every afternoon for the forst 3 days with lethargy and massive head aches!
So I’ll have coffee, but I might cut back a few of them per day (4 per morning shift has not been uncommon – strong and black!)
And now I feel a new challenge, one I have felt fot almost 20 years – to run 5kms without stopping. Where does this thinking come from!? I hate running, but I feel that this is the time and I cant escape the feeling that this just needs to be done! So I bought some running shoes, I’ve downloaded a podcast to help me get there in 8 weeks, and I am 30 mins away from my first 30 min run/walk training regime! Stay tuned, this could be ugly, but so worth it to achieve a life ambition.
Ok so I just finished the first of 3 27min sessions for week 1. Seems like an impossibility to reach the 5k mark in 8 weeks after that effort but I did manage about 8mins of running all up.
Check 5k101.com that's where I got my podcast from www.5k101.com
