Start Before You are Ready: C+O Canal
My brother is not the most patient man, and really wasnt when we were growing up. I remember standing on the high board, ready to practice my back dive. I was taking a few seconds to get ready and I can still hear him “What are you waiting for? It’s just going to get harder if you wait. Just GO!” That lesson has carried with me. I get so frustrated when I hear people say “I start XYZ on Monday”. Just start. Once you’ve decided to start, you have started: get going. I dove off that board, at that time, to get my brother off my back. But, he taught me a lesson: It’s okay to go before you are ready. And, “ready” can make it harder to go. I had the flu last week. They yucky, can’t move, feel horrible, no food going in, flu. I also added bronchitis to the mix. I was not training. Actually, I was not doing much of anything except feeling sick and binge watching ‘The Good Doctor’. And, I had C+O Canal 100 this week. I was not ready. One of the teach