June 2nd I started writing, it was the week after and I stumbled a bit. Still eating junk food, and having traumatic physical pain guuuurh. All these dreams of success, dashed with the reality of failure but now June 29th, I have lost 5 kilos : D! But also gained some back with a birthday bash with lots of things to stumble over. In saying that, I jogged very lightly for the first time in over a year! I took it very very slow, that night I took 25,000 steps and have been trying to get my 15,000 steps every day. I am inching closer and closer to health, feeling better, with more energy. Now I don’t really have a desire for too much processed foods, and the medicine is helping a lot. Everyone has good days, and bad days, which is putting it generously. We have to keep dreaming, keep acknowledging our constraints, and keep moving towards our goals.
I was hoping the travel restrictions, and general social distancing bans would be eased or at least with a foreseeable future by end of year to be able to travel internationally, but alas the pandemic is wearing on, and continues to challenge my resilience in the face of challenging circumstances.
I take Gina Linetti’s wise words, “let’s be real, life just isn’t that hard”.
I kept thinking about it. Life really isn’t that hard, but we make it hard. I’ll trial a new, flexible approach of enjoying my moments as I’m working to achieve my goals. Because it looks like my globe trotting has been put on the back burner, as travel was my big reward for hiking, I have coaxed my partner into buying a kayak with me. We will be hitting the water and exploring melbourne’s most paddle -able destinations :). Take that life. When life gives you pandemic, you make beautiful memories.
“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin — real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” — Fr. Alfred D’Souza
Mediocre-melly
Chasing The Dream. 