Losing sight of the big picture

I find that life is so busy - kids, work, family, friends, housework, study, gym - that it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. Life drifts by and months go past without any progress towards the areas of life that you want to change. We are pulled along by the flow of daily life and all of a sudden another year has swept by.

For the first time in a long time, I have set real goals for my own life for 2015. As I have already mentioned, realising that we're half way there and I have made no progress on any of them is frightening me. Rather than be disappointed in myself (something I excel at), I am making a conscious effort to remain positive. To take the time now to refocus on my ambitions and reassess the situation. Circumstances have changed somewhat for me in the last six months and I am not where I had hoped to be. Nevertheless, it is important to focus ahead and aim high.

My children are happy and healthy. I am in love. I have at least started formal study which will hopefully put me on the right path for career progression and an inspiring professional life. And I have a wonderful Hawaiian holiday coming up at the end of the month which will get me away from the Antarctic winds that have been freezing me to the bone lately. 

There is still a lot of work to be done in the latter half of 2015 to ensure that I am in a better position entering into 2016 but I am on my way and I have reassessed my priorities to ensure success. Accepting there are things that are out of my control is a big part of ensuring that I maintain motivation and perspective in achieving my goals. I cannot help illness or injury. While they will affect my training and impose on my fitness goals, they are out of my control and therefore not worthy of my attention. I have instead chosen to focus on healthy eating and maintaining hydration to ensure that I give my body the best chance to fight off infection. I am trying to address my sleep issues so as to set myself up for optimal physical health.

I feel like my mental health is suffering of late so I have reprioritised to ensure that this gets the attention and time required to ensure that my stress levels are under control. While maintaining honesty, integrity and compassion, my focus is to get my head into the right space for repair and growth.

We may be six months into 2015 but there's still so much opportunity to achieve greatness this year. Up and at 'em!