#denverrollerderby

The first week of 2015 has commenced! I’m somewhat overwhelmed thinking about all the goals I want to accomplish this year: learn new skating skills, perfect current skating skills, build all the muscle possible, perfect my olympic lifting form…and this doesn’t include a few side projects I’ve got going (league tracking system, MongoDB class, super secret derby project).

Yup, it feels like a lot. Fortunately, they are all attainable goals, so long as I stay balanced. I sometimes have a hard time balancing all the things (like remembering to write this blog when I’ve been sick and not had a set schedule for a few weeks). But, in the end, I have to make sure I have my priorities straight.

The tricky part is when these priorities conflict. For example, I had a roller derby meeting at 10am followed by spending the day with a friend from out of town. I spent the previous evening with a friend that turned into a late night. I had to prioritize if I would go to an 8:30am WOD or spend that time sleeping. I decided that since I’m still on antibiotics for a sinus infection and I didn’t see any chance at napping during the day, I would skip the 8:30 WOD and sleep instead. Did I feel grumpy that I missed working out for the day? Yeah, a bit. But I could have chosen the evening before to not stay out as late. Or I could be OK with my decision to skip the workout knowing that tomorrow is another day.

So, I’m going to be OK with the fact that I didn’t workout today and enjoy time with friends. Tonight I will go to bed at a reasonable hour, and wake up refreshed and ready to push myself at the open gym session tomorrow. Because, you guys, I increased my clean and jerk to 120# (from 95#) and my snatch to 85# (from 75#)! Now I just have to meet my 500# back squat goal and I’ll never fit in another pair of pants again! JK

The first week of 2015 has commenced! I'm somewhat overwhelmed thinking about all the goals I want to accomplish this year: learn new skating skills, perfect current skating skills, build all the muscle possible, perfect my olympic lifting form...and this doesn't include a few side projects I've got going (league tracking system, MongoDB class, super secret derby project).

Yup, it feels like a lot. Fortunately, they are all attainable goals, so long as I stay balanced. I sometimes have a hard time balancing all the things (like remembering to write this blog when I've been sick and not had a set schedule for a few weeks). But, in the end, I have to make sure I have my priorities straight.

The tricky part is when these priorities conflict. For example, I had a roller derby meeting at 10am followed by spending the day with a friend from out of town. I spent the previous evening with a friend that turned into a late night. I had to prioritize if I would go to an 8:30am WOD or spend that time sleeping. I decided that since I'm still on antibiotics for a sinus infection and I didn't see any chance at napping during the day, I would skip the 8:30 WOD and sleep instead. Did I feel grumpy that I missed working out for the day? Yeah, a bit. But I could have chosen the evening before to not stay out as late. Or I could be OK with my decision to skip the workout knowing that tomorrow is another day.

So, I'm going to be OK with the fact that I didn't workout today and enjoy time with friends. Tonight I will go to bed at a reasonable hour, and wake up refreshed and ready to push myself at the open gym session tomorrow. Because, you guys, I increased my clean and jerk to 120# (from 95#) and my snatch to 85# (from 75#)! Now I just have to meet my 500# back squat goal and I'll never fit in another pair of pants again! JK