2018. A new day, a new year. A new opportunity to better ourselves. But why should we have to wait until this day to make a promise to ourselves that we will be better? Shouldn't we be making that promise when it originally comes to us? Michelob Ultra recently did a campaign of Anti-Resolutions and Living Ultra about this same idea( www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lcs6QJn9HE ) and it's what I was doing for 2017 without realizing it. I was living for the day and not waiting to put it off until the New Year.
After my marathon in Jan 2017, I thought, "Okay, I can do this again. I can mentally handle this." I kept up with running to keep improving and keep up my health. Then when I got chosen to run NYC, I made a commitment to push myself through the training despite the 90+ degree heat and 100% humidity that comes with South Louisiana summers. At time I told myself "I can run, why push yourself training so much?" but then would remind myself that you can't improve if you don't work at it. So I worked at it. I missed football games with friends to run for 13 miles alone. I missed family pumpkin carvings to run 20 miles alone. Just me, my music, and my thoughts. No one was going to make me better except me. Why should a date on the calendar matter so much to starting something? Since I started "Living Ultra" in 2017, I decided not to make resolutions for 2018, but promises. I promised myself that I'm going to continue working hard (or harder) to improve my running. I promise that I will work on getting another World Marathon race entry. I promise that I will live my life to the fullest and not let others change my mind. (If I want to skydive, then I'm going to skydive; if I want to try something new, I'm going to try it!) I promise to make time for friends. I also promise to be more disciplined. I want to stick with my routines and good habits. I hope 2018 brings about great things though. I am hopeful that this year will be my best one yet. I'm running Chicago, Disney Princess, Best Damn Race, and hopefully a few more. Maybe we'll start a family this year. I'm hopeful new opportunities will arise as well. Whether you have resolutions or not, the year is what you make it. If you start 2018 off positively, I believe that can help carry you through the year more optimistic. Make this year YOUR year. Be the best version of yourself that YOU can be, don't try to be someone else. And remember to Live Ultra. Have a Happy 2018 y'all!
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