On My Run.

byWMarshall1

1.9K followers

Updated 5 years ago

So, I was getting so frustrated as I was working away on my website here at WA. I was becoming overwhelmed and I was going from one area to the other only leading to more frustration. I needed to have better direction for myself.

I had had enough, tied up my runners, grabbed the dog, Harley who is my faithful running companion. He simply can't get enough of it. And onto the road we went. I needed a good cardio workout and I needed to think and contemplate what I was doing.

I was feeling so overwhelmed. I was trying to keep up on e-mails, trying to set up a gravatar email, writing a post, wanting to comment on others posts, while trying to build my network and I was asking questions, and trying to see the replies. And I love reading others blogs and hearing every ones experiences. My inbox is so full of these and I want to read them all.

That's not Harley but you get the idea. Harley's off in the stream getting soaking wet, and scaring the poor old geese. He loves it out here. I love to see him so happy!

Back to my thoughts, if I was to continue with WA I needed to get myself a plan and organize myself much better. What was to be my focus? Well the training of course, I was only on Phase 2 lesson 1 and I was stuck. I was working on my next blog and just seemed to keep heading road blocks. OK, so that should be my main focus. So I need to get that blog done and work thru the problems I was having there. I have to check my questions for replies that pertain to my blog. And then I can carry on with my training. OK, good focus.

I still wanted to build a network and I had goals for that. I needed time to read every ones blogs and comment. I wanted to welcome new members. Feeling so accepted in this community helped me big time to go Premium. I truly believe anyone can do this with determination. I feel the networking is a very big part of the process.

And then there are the emails, and my gravatar account and writing reviews of peoples posts. I needed my gravatar email to be able to do that if I wanted the credits. At least that is how I seen it.

So what have I resolved? I am a busy person. I work full-time. I have 3 horses that require attention daily and I believe in going to the gym or a run daily. I love my life, but want more time to spend with family and horses, hence why I am at WA. So time is of the essence. So quit letting negative ninny in, you only have 24 hours in a day, don't worry if you do not get it all done, this is not a RACE.

So I think I need to set some realistic goals on a weekly basis. I realize that I can't do it all at once and I need to prioritize. I don't want to feel frustrated and anxious all the time. I am determined to make this work and I am determined to do the work. I am not afraid of hard work.

So the big thing is to prioritize my tasks at the beginning of each week and realize that there are going to be bumps big and little on the way each week. I am not going to get thru the training as quickly as I had originally thought, but I would rather understand what I was doing and feel comfortable about it. Then feel like I don't have a clue what I am doing and just going thru the motions. I want to be able to help others and to do that I guess I just have to tackle it a little more thoroughly.

Back home, only 5 km but feel great! Was a very enlightening run. Had to spray Harley off with water, he was all mud.

What do others do when they are frustrated to get yourself thru to the next step? Love to hear how others manage. Maybe I can pick up a new habit or two.

I just love that we can share our challenges like this!! All the power to everyone!