You're EIther Getting Better or Getting Worse, You Decide

That was the quote Amber wrote on our whiteboard in the basement today and it was a good reminder. In life you have to decide which direction you want to take, you have the option to make your life better or worse; physically, emotionally, financially, or professionally, you're either getting better or getting worse. So many people go through life longing for something, they work, they play with their kids, they run errands on the weekends but they describe their lives as being empty. What's missing is a true desire, a true sense of accomplishment. When your life becomes so comfortable that you feel like you are just going through the motions that's when you know that you need to find a tough goal, something to push yourself towards and something to give you what Amber calls "a big scary goal."

Training for San Juan is a big enough scary goal for me this winter I've been working hard and doing all the training inside makes the challange very, very tough. It's always 26 or 27'C and feels like 34 or 35'C with the humidity, yikes! The reason I love triathlon is the fact that most of the training is done outside but winter training in northern Alberta is a tough pill to swallow. However I ask myself as I head out at 6:30am to the pool in -35'C temps "you're either getting better or getting worse, you decide what direction you want your life to take."