Balance

I am trying to find a balance this year between work, home and training. Last year I struggled with this and my training and home life suffered due to my work life taking over. This year has been similar in that I am still spending more time away than at home but my mindset has changed. I am trying to not let the negative thoughts that plagued me last year creep back in and instead focus on what I can do and when.

As far as my training goes, I am working on visualizing forms when I can and doing micro versions in the limited space I have. I am able to train in the gym in the evenings to work on strength and endurance stuff along with push-ups and sit-ups. And when I am home I go to every class I can. This does not mean I go to every single class as I need to think about my home life as well. instead, I go to the classes where I teach, the black belt class and the I Ho Chuan class whether its mandatory or not. I am also going to as many open training days as I can as well.

The home life is where I find my biggest challenges. I feel this is where I am lacking the most and it should be where I be the most attentive. I feel like I am falling behind in my training so I start to focus my energies there and this is wrong. I need to focus on the stuff away from the Kwoon and work as my family is the most important thing to me and they should not be placed on the back burner.

With this said, I will be there on the mats as much as I can but it may not be as much as I have been there in the past.