dress for the day: looking forward

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welcome to wednesday, where we say it don’t spray it:

dress for the day you want to have, not the one that’s trying to have you.

today and every wednesday , i invite you to link arms, blogs, and instagrams in solidarity. here’s to setting the tone for the days we desire with the clothes we pull from the closet!

one thing no one talks much about when training for a marathon is just how much free time you find in your life when it’s over. i guess it’s not a helpful tidbit to think about when running hours upon hours ever week, thinking about all the other things you could and need to be doing. regardless, it’s become sort of a big deal for me now.

i realize i was very much looking forward to my daily runs, to suiting up and getting out there, among other people who seemed just as dedicated to whatever goal they were pursuing. i was always thinking ahead and looking towards the big race with such excitement, every run a step closer to that day. all of 2013 until last week was built around looking forward to just one big thing. it came and went, and i find myself suffering symptoms of withdrawal.

so i ask myself, “self, what has actually changed about your day-to-day life?”

i’m still exercising regularly, and i’m actually getting to do some different things besides running. i’m enjoying the time to read and catch up on the pile of projects i couldn’t find time to tackle. i am resting for the first time in a long while. hypothetically, i could just keep running at the same frequency and i don’t think it would feel the same, here on the other side of that monstrous goal.

i’m just not looking forward to any one thing with such intense anticipation.

so i learn this about myself: that anticipation and the pursuit of a goal are motivators for me, and that i find great joy in the build up.

here in the valley i can see, that i must stop looking back at the great mountain that i climbed and focus squinty-eyed on the next thing coming on the horizon.

today, that thing was sushi with a friend. it was putting on a dress first thing in the morning and picturing myself going about my plans for the day. it was riding my bike in the evening sun and letting my helmet squish my already flat hair even closer to my head.

safety first. i have much to look forward to:

to summer trips, to business goals, to weekend plans, and dinner menus. to seeing your faces and hearing your stories each wednesday. to reading a poem in the morning and going for a run just for the hell of it at night. to breakfast. oh yes. i’m forever looking forward to breakfast.

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