Perspective

At 3:30 Monday morning I awoke to heavy rain and wind. Oddly the weather wouldn’t keep me from falling back to sleep, my mind was already grappling with the morning ahead — a day filled with multiple presses. I reminded myself 6x’s to tell my oldest daughter to be careful on her drive to school (in the stormy weather). I worked my thoughts through an early morning meeting with an important client — I thought about the photo shoot we would have to reschedule and the final illustrations that needed to be done for a TV commercial before settling back to sleep (the entire time struggling to understand how I cut my foot during a late afternoon surf session). I was glad to get at least a small amount of rest.

Saturday morning the hotel bed in Orlando was comfortable but not my own.
Surf Expo was taking place and for the 17th year I was attending with several of my Kurtis Group associates as the creative team supporting Surf Expo’s marketing department. It was a busy weekend and I missed my run with the 26.2 group. On Sunday the Jacksonville Jaguars took on the Atlanta Falcons and from 9:00am until 11:00am I worked on retooling the “Jag Hammer” (see previous post). After the game I surfed Sunday evening for two hours and did some office work as well as some brief help with homework before calling it quits Sunday night.

Everyone gets to that point of exhaustion — where clear becomes blurred, black & white goes grey, definitely means maybe and sharp feels dull….

…I think I’ve been there for a short while.

Running and the 26.2 group are huge benefits in my life balance. I look forward to getting back into training and seeing everyone next Saturday.
Distractions and complications try and take hold in life but family and friendships cut through the clutter.

Tuesday morning I will run six miles on the beach in wind and rain.
It will invigorate and encourage me. I will remind myself how blessed and fortunate I am.

At 8:00 I will get back to work.