I’ve just done my 45 day review for the current quarter.
I’m on target for some things, others I need to review if I actually want to commit to working towards them and get off my ass or ditch and change for something else.
I generally do a little review each week but the mid-way one often highlights reasons I might be struggling with some targets.
The main reason this quarter is scheduling, the things I’m doing well with are the things I have planned in to my diary every week. The things I’m not doing well with I’m leaving to chance.
Something I’ve always been good at is getting up in the morning. My eyes open and I’m ready to go, since we had Covid at the start of the year, I’ve struggled. I’ve pressed the snooze button on my watch and tried to doze.
It leaves me feeling more tired and disappointed that I haven’t got up and done my journal before starting work etc. I feel like I’m on the back foot all day and I’ve lost time.
Yet, I still press the button.
Writing this, I’ve realised that I haven’t been writing a yoga or mobility session in my diary for 6am. It’s my diary, it’s in pencil, I could ignore it and carry on with the button pressing.
However, when I write something in my diary, it’s a commitment to my diary and me to do it. A little weird but it works for me.
Writing it down confirms the commitment in my brain and I know I’ll do it. There’s still time for me to catch up on my yoga and mobility goal, this will provide the means to achieve it.
When aiming for any goal it’s important to look back and see where you’ve come from and whether you’re still on the right path. If you only focus on moving forward you might miss some valuable lessons that improve how efficiently you proceed.
Last week, when we were doing our challenge the first mountain was Crib Goch; it’s notorious in the hiking and scrambling world. It’s an exposed ridge walk, my advice to my friend was to not look down and if he fell to fall left, the best chance of survival in the direction we were travelling.
We were focussed on getting up to it while it was quiet and the weather was on our side. Looking at the summit and working towards it, there was some pretty harsh scrambling to get up to the ridge that gets the heart going as much as the exertion.
I did take some time to look back and was rewarded with an amazing sunrise, which gave me a smile and energy.
If you’re working towards something at the minute, don’t forget to look back at how far you have come. You will find some lessons to help you move forwards and maybe surprise yourself with renewed energy.
Darren “turn around” Checkley
