Forget chasing unicorns – motivation is even harder to catch. Sure, it might dance like a sugarplum fairy around New Year’s resolutions, but let’s be real, that buzz fades faster than a free gym membership offer in March. So, instead of waiting for motivation to grace us with its fickle presence, let’s unveil the real
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The sun peeks through the leaves, dappling the familiar path ahead. Ten years, countless kilometres, and many worn-down shoes later, it still amazes me how these feet carry me where my heart wants to go. My journey with running started with a spark – a tiny flame of competition that flickered with each passing finisher.
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I don’t remember when or how I started walking. Yet everyone uses the analogy of when we learnt to walk, that our parents told us that we fell down and got up countless times. That’s all well and good, but this feedback is coming from someone else. I don’t remember this, yet I know that
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Everyone procrastinates. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t. When we want to delay or postpone a task or a set of tasks, we procrastinate. The thing with procrastination is that it can be a major obstacle to success, in both our personal and professional lives. There are many reasons why we
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We all know that a high five is a gesture of congratulations. If I’m in a race, and a kid puts out their hand in the finishes shute, you betcha that I’m going to embrace that high five. It’s an energy boost. It makes me happy, and it brings joy to that kid. But have
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It was a long run day. On the cards was a 16km long run including intervals. The wind was howling, it was cold, and I really didn’t want to. A common theme in winter, but today I wasn’t feeling the love. Combined with a stressful work week, getting over a cold, and just general life,
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My first overseas adventure was to America for Camp Counsellors USA. (There is also another company called Camp America, that does the same sort of thing.) University was wrapping up and I was applying for jobs and couldn’t find anything in my field (photography, it was and still is very hard to be in that
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Have you ever had these thoughts while out running? “I’m not good enough to run this race.” “I’m too slow.” “I give up.” “Everyone is fitter than me.” Know that you are not alone, and these thoughts are common for all runners of all abilities, yes even the elites suffer from negative self-talk. Negative self-talk
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Do you know anyone who has never failed? Without failure, we would have the Stephen Speilberg movies ET, Jaws, or Indiana Jones. Writer J.K Rowling could have stopped handing in her after 12 rejections, but then we wouldn’t have Harry Potter. What if we change our perspective on failure? What if we see failure as
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Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that make you happy? If you have never thought about it, then I encourage you to take on the #100happydays challenge. A photo of a day of all the things that make you happy. Happiness isn’t just the big ticket items, like going on holiday
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