Hug Twice

I find it easy to convince myself that I am giving 100% even when in reality, I’m not.  I ran into that at taekwondo last night.  I was tired, I hadn’t gotten enough sleep and I found myself not pushing myself very hard during our warmup.  I thought I was trying but really I was just going through the motions and doing the minimum.

So I started talking to myself, reminding myself “100% effort, 100%” and I stepped it up.  But, in my tired state, I then overcompensated for, and pushed myself too hard, therefore feeling bad the rest of class and basically the rest of the night.  If you are beating the 17 year olds at the wind sprints, you are probably going at it too hard and not saving anything for later.  I did break all three of my boards first try with no issue though.  I just need to be able to balance effort with endurance.

Ah, I hate getting old sometimes.  I think I should go take a nap.

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