'Be your own personal best'

Happy belated New Year to all you lovely peeps out there! January as always is a month of thinking and I have been doing a bit of this with social media on my mind. Now that I have vaguely managed to update myself with social media and networking. It has really made me start to think about being true to ourselves. This seems to be problematic in the world of touch screens. It can be a platform for white lies, bulging egos, back stabbing, manipulating behaviours. It can be a lonely place to be if too much time is spent analysing. However, it is part of today and at times needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. Too much analysing and comparing can get in the way of us achieving our own personal goals and leads us towards doing what is popular or what we think others would like us to do. Would I take part in the craze of new year detoxing (this topic probably requires a separate blog post)? Mmmm, not a chance, for the same amount of money I got some cracking trainers that will serve me well for six hundred miles. I am not one to follow what is popular. I believe that staying true to ourselves in real life and on social media shows self belief which is a step towards achieving our personal goals and personal bests in life.

 

 

I would like to share my first personal best of this year so far which was running up 'Cullen Bin Hill' I cycle up it every week but never in a million years thought that I could run up it. I was in awe of my friends who could and felt inspired by them. A fairly steep climb of 1000 ft. I have been working on my running, starting to enjoy it a little more and was feeling much stronger so decided it was time to give it a go! It was a cold frosty morning and off I went starting with a pace that would not kill me. Faced with the very steep front side I just kept going up and up, silently repeating in my head, 'not as bad as childbirth, not as bad as childbirth'. As I reached nearer the top, the dreaded icy patches appeared but my stubborn streak allowed me to keep going, now on the side of the path in the heather until boom I made it! Could I believe it? No, not really but I did it with only one minor stop to climb over a fallen tree. Chuffed was an understatement. I was thrilled! This is, I hope the first of many personal bests I will achieve this year. As long as I can continue to believe in myself.

 

Believing in myself is something that I have struggled with in the past but since becoming a mummy it is an attribute that I am working on. Often faced with 'Mummy I can not do this' or 'Mummy I am not good at this' I am constantly encouraging and helping my little ones to believe in themselves and to try their best , therefore it is important for me to believe in myself too!

 

May 2015 be all that you want it to be. Not how others tell you it should be or how you want others to perceive it to be.

 

'To be your own personal best you have to be true to yourself'