Have you ever felt like, just when everything seems to be going according to plan, something comes along that forces you to re-prioritise and go back to the drawing board?
Everyone loves it when a plan comes together. But what about when it doesn't? What happens when it all falls apart and nothing goes according to plan?
That's what happened to me this week. I was on track to ride a cycling race on Sunday. I was in a good place financially. Everything was going well at home.
And then everything went to shit. And I mean everything. My daughter got sick and shared her bugs with me. My oldest cat spent a few nights at the vet and I thought we might lose him - that would have been three cats in three months! I had to have some hard conversations with clients.
Suddenly, I wasn't well enough to race. Vet and doctor bills took priority over food and luxuries. Throw in the drama of a tween who thinks she's 18 and a two-year-old granddaughter who thinks the same and I felt I had been ridden over by a dump truck. Which then reversed over me again. I had no plan.
To top it all off, just when I had promised myself to get my eating back on track, my daughter won a giant Easter egg hamper. And she obviously needs help finishing it!
It's been a draining, stressful week and there have been a few times where I wanted to get off the rollercoaster.
But I had to settle with reminding myself to stop, take a deep breath and count back from 5 to 0, a trick I learnt from my favourite book, The 5 Second Rule.
So there will be no racing for me this weekend but I'm hoping to do some relaxing and destressing Pilates work with my daughter. Especially after our chocolate binge!
I'll see you in studio next week when I hope to have my ducks in a row again. Until then, check out my Facebook page for info on new group classes - we could all use some motivation from others right now!
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