Perspective

Life has been incredibly busy these past two weeks. School starts on the 16th and therefore my life has revolved around getting things ready for the school year. It is A LOT of work and is mentally and physically taxing (Trust me. I don’t finger paint and eat cookies all day). With all my time being sucked into into a kindergarten vortex, I haven’t had the luxury to get in the runs I would like to. Sure, I am running and spending time in the weight room at least 4 days a week. However, I know and I feel like these workouts aren’t quality workouts. I feel like I am just going through the motions and you know what?

I. Don’t. Like. That.

Running is a huge part of my life and it is incredibly important to me to keep it a priority and maintain the level of endurance I have worked so hard to achieve. At the same time, I wonder if I am being too hard on myself? This is only a short period of time. Eventually things will settle down and I can get back into the swing of things. Deep down I know this. I just don’t like stifling my passion, placing it on the low end of my list of priorities, even if it is just for a little while.

To keep things in perspective, I am reminding myself that I am one lucky girl to be healthy enough to run in the first place. I know some people would give anything just to be able to walk down the street. Why would I ever complain about only getting in a few three mile runs this week?

Life happens. It gets busy sometimes. Give yourself a break. Now, I just need to listen to my own advice!

Anyone else ever feel this way? What do you do to make yourself feel better? 

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