Godan Quest

GQ044 – Don’t Worry!

Don’t give up on me. Ya, I missed another workout – no Sanchin-Ryu again yesterday. And forget about going to the health club. Nancy and I didn’t even consider it yesterday. In fact, we didn’t even mention it to each other. We just knew – we’re just running  from morning till night – going to bed exhausted for the past week – trying to get everything done before vacation. Forget working out – forget resting – forget going to the bathroom (okay, I went too far). Yes… we go to the bathroom…

But, the point is – I haven’t given up the Quest. I’m not goofing off – I’m prioritizing. And I’m not worried. This won’t last forever. I can see the tunnel at the end of the light bulb – so to speak.

Workouts might be a little sporadic over the next couple of weeks – but, what the heck – Cut me some slack! I’ll be in Hawaii! On vacation!

So I need to put special Godan Quest vacation rules into effect immediately or I am doomed to face quick and certain public failure, shame and depression – and none of those sound particularly fun…

So here is my modified temporary commitment:

Starting tomorrow; Oct 7, 2010 through Oct 24, 2010; I commit to making progress – not on a daily basis – but on a “vacation basis”. What does that mean?

It means, when I pull up in my driveway on October 24, I want to be able to say that I didn’t just “let the whole thing go”. That I honestly feel that I am closer to my Godan belt than when I got on the plane on October 7.

As for the health club thing – obviously out. And, I will eat as healthy (healthily?) as I can (as I always do). And the “no chow after 8:30″ is also on hold. No telling what our day-to-day schedule will be – so I’m not committing to that either.

A “weasel-ly”commitment I realize – but it’s one I know I can live with in Hawaii…

And, at the end of the day (or in my case – the end of the vacation), it’s really all about what it takes to get to that belt. It’s about discipline - not about being overly-rigorous and snotty about the arbitrary rules I made up.

So, again – not to worry. I get worried when I skip workouts because I don’t feel like it. I don’t get worried when I miss a workout because urgent matters took up all my time. I’m sure the time to worry will come. My initial resolve and excitement is sure to wear out long before I earn two belt promotions and long before I reach 60.

So the time to worry will come. But it’s not here yet.

So save that worry. You’ll have a chance to use it later.

Did I make progress today. No. Negative. Nay. Nada. Bupkis. Zippo.

But I did get a lot of stuff done.

Till next time – I seek peace,

Sensei Bob Matthews

More on this subject...

• No Related Post