This happens every time. I’m in the middle of the ocean of a goal and I get injured.
Here are the conditions:
1. I’ve been working on a goal for a while – six months or maybe more than a year.
2. I’m not at my goal. I’m not sure my goal is in sight.
3. I’m inpatient and frustrated with myself and my progress.
My response to these condition? Well, hell, what’s my response to everything?
I look for better information and I work harder.
And life’s response to my usual response?
I get injured. Go me!
This year was the year I was going to get back in shape. I’ve been working with Dax Moy since the beginning of the year. I’ve been frustrated because I haven’t lost weight in the way some of his clients have.
Almost at the same moment my frustration peaked, he launched a more intensive program. Our training cranked up a notch.
In my impatience, I was ready to take on his increased intensity. Result? I’ve strained my right bicep tendon and strained my wrist. Moreover, I’ve activated an old neck-spine injury.
Now, in the middle of the ‘get in shape’ sea, I’m injured. My first response? Work harder (of course). That’s how I sprained my wrist. In an effort to protect my shoulder doing a bajillion pushups, I injured my wrist.
Now, because I’m right handed, I’m off almost everything. No gardening, no painting the house, no home remodel. And no workouts for at least two weeks, probably longer. I’ve even had to switch my mouse to my left hand.
I now have the frustration and impatience of not reaching my goal combined with an injury.
I wish I could say that this was the first time I’ve been in this position. It’s not. In fact, it’s not even the first time I’ve been in this position with this very same issue.
So what’s the lesson here? Being in the middle has more to do with impatience than anything else. Maybe the skill I need to learn is how to deal with my impatience.
Off to learn more and work harder… Some things never change.
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