Still here, still recovering from the race, still riding that runners high post-26.2! Anyone else feel like that feeling begins to fade after 3-4 days?!? My goal this time around is continue to keep it going for at least two weeks straight. I worked hard and want to celebrate my accomplishment! I though it would be fun to check in with you and let you know how my goal to create more love for myself and confidence was going.

First things first- it’s been HARD. Like, really challenging on some days! Why is it so easy to throw out compliments to others, but yet be so difficult to turn around give ourselves a pat on the back? One thing that I’m really trying to focus on is turning every negative thought/feeling/emotion that I have into something positive. For example, last Saturday (the day before the race) it turned out that I would have to travel solo to the marathon (Alex had a bad cold and honestly, I did NOT want to catch it). The first thing that popped into my head -> “I’m going to have to drive down there the morning of, my legs will be stiff, and there goes my goal race time”. THEN I realized what any opportunity this was. It wasn’t a negative. I would be able to FULLY focus on myself, the job that I had to do when I was there, and not worry about others at the start/finish line freezing in the rain waiting for me/ letting them down/ etc. I realized that it was a gift and I would use it to my advantage.

Another thing that I’m continuing to do is to build up my positive affirmations to myself. Whether it is dressing nicer for a ‘day off’ just to make myself feel more confident, booking that hair cut appointment for myself that I haven’t had time/money to do in almost a year, creating and honoring a schedule that works for me (and not taking other into account -> sometimes you HAVE to be selfish (but it’s also really nice to fit others into your life too!)), and holding myself to a higher standard if I didn’t perform my best.

One thing that I’ve always struggled with ‘letting myself down’ and then moving on RATHER than evaluating what went wrong and working to improve upon it. I’m really trying to focus on evaluating myself and working towards creating a better environment/person/space/life for myself. Rather than just ‘throwing in the towel’ and not dwelling over things -> I’m giving myself the time and space to dwell a bit, evaluate how can I improve for next time, STICKING TO those evaluations/items I need to do, and then moving on.

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-What are three things you love about yourself?

-What can you improve upon in your life TODAY?