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<\/a><\/p>\nHeadlamp, you my only friend….<\/em><\/p>\n However, this is one of my favorite times of year at work.\u00a0 We’ve all had a break, so we’re less stressed and more clear headed.\u00a0 We’re talking about possibilities, planning, and doing creative thinking.\u00a0 I’m so excited where we’re at and what’s to come, I just came out of a meeting with such JOY, it was silly.<\/p>\n And to think, Sunday night, I was wondering if this was still the right fit for me.\u00a0 If I was maybe just so burnt out that my candle still felt extinguished after 20 days, maybe it was time to move on.<\/p>\n I tend to forget that I have a thing with inertia.\u00a0 A me in motion stays at motion.\u00a0 The way out is through.\u00a0 Keep on keepin’ on.\u00a0 That’s what I do.\u00a0 But, once I’m at rest, there I am.\u00a0 And it’s usually for the good.\u00a0 However, I’m not the kind of person that either springs out of bed or explodes back from vacation saying “I’m ready world, bring it on!”.\u00a0 It takes forcing myself to put the costume on, and go fake it for a little while before I’m like “hey, I actually DO love this”.<\/p>\n So, I think I’ve found what the problem was in late 2015.\u00a0 Maybe just one of them, but it’s a big one.<\/p>\n The future was stealing joy from the present.*<\/p>\n It really hit me yesterday when I was getting crunchy about being scheduled TEN meeting the week we’re back.\u00a0 I listed them out on my to do list and realized that most of them were actually awesome meetings to collaborate on new stuff that I’m really excited about.\u00a0 I immediately re-framed my thoughts to, “I’m excited that I’m part of creative meetings where my opinions matter” and felt much better.<\/p>\n One of my least favorite (and thus I know, probably most beneficial) runs is a tempo run.\u00a0 Y’know, set the pace at not completely ball-busting but certainly not comfortable, and then just pitch your tent there for miles without a rest.\u00a0 I haven’t had the mental oomph to try one of those for quite a while and on Tuesday, I thought… rock and roll, let’s do this.<\/p>\n Instead of counting down the tenths of a mile or the seconds or whatever, I spent the time trying to focus on different things than the future.\u00a0 How my stride felt.\u00a0 How I was breathing.\u00a0 Singing along with my music (sorry gymgoers).\u00a0 Focusing on how annoyed I was with the fact that the rock wall in front of me didn’t have a foothold in the center of my field of vision.<\/p>\n Sure, I spent some time visualizing the course I’ll be running in 2 weeks, but that was pretty positive as well, so I’ll take it.<\/p>\n