My favorite part of spring is waking up each morning and seeing what has popped out of the ground overnight. I mean when you really stop and think about it - what an amazing cycle of life. Under the ground for months it lay there in the frozen ground...and as weather warms with sunshine and the fall of rain it realizes it's time to come to the top and make a flower. Year after year. It's job never changes.
Along with getting these awesome presents each morning, I anxiously await for the mama robin to move into her nest that's been perched on my gutter for 5+ years now. Every year we have a nest of new babies and I can't wait to see their tiny heads popping over the side of the nest. Last year I almost fell off the porch railing trying to get a peek of my baby robins.
I love opening the windows each morning and hearing the birds chirp and the woodpecker going at it in the woods behind the house. On a nice windy day hearing the chimes makes me cherish spring over and over and over.
And probably my most favorite part of spring is getting my garden ready for planting. I've been tilling and added manure and compost. My neighbors have to wonder why I am out there sprinkling eggshells and coffee grounds all over the place. I LOVE my garden and will probably inundate you all with posts and blogs as each little vegetable makes its place from the ground to my table. It's another one of those awesome wonders...that I can't wait for each year.
In the spring, I also like to take the time to refocus. Check my goals and see where I am, what I need to improve on, where I am accomplishing as well as where I am slacking. So, I pulled up my goal list for the gym from the first week of January 2015 and took a peek.
On each of these goals, I listed my goal- gave myself a date to achieve it- listed my reasons why I hadn't been able to reach that goal - listed things I could do to achieve that goal. I am happy to say that I have accomplished all 3 of my goals that I set in January of 2015.
So, today as I march into spring I have to set new goals. It's like spring cleaning...make everything fresh and new. I'm happy to say that following regionals I allowed myself an entire week off. No training, no restrictions on eating I did finally get to clean my house and get some things done on my to do list that I've put off for quite some time. I did A LOT of sleeping as well. And I'm sure some of you are wondering...but I've miserably failed on eating an entire bag of reese's peanut butter eggs...my original plan was to eat them all in one day...come to find out I couldn't eat them all in one week!!
This past Monday I started back at the gym ready to refocus and therefore I am announcing my goals publicly so that I can have the accountability of each and every one of you;0)
Goal #1: I will make it to Nationals in the 2016 CrossFit Games (top 20 in my age group worldwide)
Date: April of 2016
In order to achieve Goal #1 - I have 3 subgoals that will get me to that point:
Goal 1A: Gymnastic movements - focus on bodyweight movements to improve weakness in HSPU and MU but not limited to just these 2 movements - also focus on butterfly pullup and kipping T2B.
Goal 1B: Oly lifts - focus on FORM in snatch and clean and jerk.
Goal 1C: Mental game - focus on believing I am worthy of being a national competitor.
There they are.
Publicly stated for all to see.
3,2,1 GO!!
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