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<\/p>\nI can’t let December 31st come and go without a nod to how the year went, so, without further ado, the tale of the year of freakin’ epicness which was 2017 shall commence.<\/p>\n
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One of the best moments of 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n A Race: Ironman Texas.<\/p>\n Done, and dusted.\u00a0 It’s kind of amazing to have such a warm glow around a race with so many trials and tribulations during it, and one that you can envision literally taking HOURS off your time with a better day, but you only have one first IM and I’ll always remember it fondly.\u00a0 Shit canal<\/a>, Hardy toll road headwind<\/a>, and wonky knees<\/a> and all.<\/p>\n I envisioned it as the training being a means to a goal, and all the payoff being that day.\u00a0 I actually really enjoyed the process, the journey, and I might have been just as proud of some of those long training efforts<\/a> as I was finishing the Ironman proper.\u00a0 But that red carpet moment was pretty effing awesome, don’t get me wrong.<\/p>\n Smiling because I did not at that point know exactly how close I had come to Nationals.<\/em><\/p>\n Also, getting your big goal race out of the way in April was kind of awesome.\u00a0 I committed to nothing for the rest of the year and found out a few things:<\/p>\n I actually had two pretty decent sprint triathlon results at Jack’s Generic<\/a> and Kerrville<\/a> (let’s ignore the shitshow that was Lake Pflugerville<\/a> 8 weeks out of an Ironman), which have ignited my goals to qualify for Nationals next year.<\/p>\n I also spent a lot of time really digging into coaching (got my cert) and psychology reading non-fiction triathlon books, and have started working on my mental game here (and will expand upon this in 2018).<\/p>\n Habits and Practices:<\/p>\n Full of washed veggies. And also cooked and eaten outside.<\/em><\/p>\n I made some way-too-ambitious goals for self-enrichment and I think I learned from that for 2018.\u00a0 If this was my full time focus, if I wasn’t also a triathlete and a wife and a daughter and a full time game producer and didn’t have friends, maybe I could have made more progress – but right now, all those things take priority over these.\u00a0 And that’s ok.\u00a0 It’s not my livelihood, its just something I’d like to pursue someday.<\/p>\n One of the best books I read this year…<\/em><\/p>\n Learning\/Certification:<\/p>\n Set Up<\/p>\n (Big) Baby Steps.\u00a0 By the end of the year I want to:<\/p>\n Other Stuff:<\/p>\n Sunsets and stars outside were definitely highlights of 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n Game night – we had three and then our end of year booked up so fast we didn’t have a free weekend.\u00a0 I’m really looking forward to reviving this next year!<\/p>\n Video games – I was really bad at this in 2017.\u00a0 I wanted to list 20 that I played multiple times, and I can only do the games I work on, Clash of Clans, Dance Dance Revolution, Gran Turismo 5, Stardew Valley, Job Simulator, That’s You, and… errr… that’s it.\u00a0 Oops.<\/p>\n Vacations: I didn’t do my reunion in Reno\/Tahoe, and we chose Bonaire over a liveaboard diving trip, but I was super excited to take all these trips:<\/p>\n And, all the other\u00a0things.\u00a0 Did I mention I like goals?<\/p>\n Little stuff:<\/p>\n Bigger Stuff:<\/p>\n I still have yet to do a full reveal but here are some\u00a0fruits of our labor…<\/em><\/p>\n I usually do this thing where I try to distill the year into three words and I’ll do it again.<\/p>\n 2017: the year of turtle home, for sure…<\/em><\/p>\n Epic.<\/strong>\u00a0 I mean, yeah, this word is overused, but my first Ironman, riding so many bikes, buying a camper and spending almost three weeks in it in the second half of the year.\u00a0 25+ hours underwater back in my happy place in Bonaire.\u00a0 \u00a0Tri coach certification, finishing a kitchen remodel and a lot of other fairly major house projects, and eeking out 3\/4 of a draft of my first novel.\u00a0 SO MUCH THIS YEAR.<\/p>\n Explore.<\/strong>\u00a0 I feel like I got to know my town better, biking over what felt like every inch of it over and over.\u00a0 We camped SIX times in the span of four months in the camper.\u00a0 I hit the water in five different countries this year.\u00a0 I also explored the inside of my grey matter a bit pushing myself through Ironman training and racing, and then working on my head game in for Sprints.<\/p>\n Driven.<\/strong>\u00a0 I felt a pull this year like no other year to really expand my goals beyond being a triathlete.\u00a0 I’ve wanted to write a book for over half my life and I finally started it.\u00a0 We’ve been talking about redoing the kitchen since we moved in.\u00a0 We’ve been talking about Ironman since we started triathlon.\u00a0 While there are a lot of things on my list still to do from this year, I checked off, or at least started, some of the real big ones.<\/p>\n Hope you have a happy New Year’s Eve, and cheers to a fabulous 2018!<\/p>\n What’s your biggest 2017 accomplishment?\u00a0 Share in the comments, since goals make me unreasonably happy!<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sept25-2.jpg\")
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