Tag Archives: fear

Taking Action

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Lately I feel like I’ve been struggling in lots of ways.  I had great intentions to make 2015 a banner  year and I feel like about 2 weeks into the year I was already in a rut.

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But, a couple weeks ago I took the first step to getting out of this rut.  I signed up for a workshop  with the incredible Tara (Family Sport Life) called From Stuck to Unstoppable.  It is a 6 week small group coaching approach and so far (just over a week in) I’m loving it.

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This year I really want to take our event venue to a different level.  I feel like last year was all about learning what I was doing both as a business owner and with a venue.

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I have so many ideas and things I want to do and try but I tend to get in my own way because I’m afraid of failure and rejection when I reach out to people.  I know that not every idea will work and not every person I approach will be receptive and that has me sort of stuck!

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Sometimes I feel like the little things that I do aren’t helping but I know this is like an ultra than a spring – slow and steady is the way to go!!!

Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 8.23.27 PMAnd, I know that even some of my “great” ideas won’t work.  So I just need to brace myself and start acting on these ideas!!!

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So, instead of thinking of ideas and ways they might fail I’m going to take my ideas and put some action behind them!!!  Some will fail and others might actually turn out to be really great – I won’t know until I try!!!

Do you ever let fear of failure hold you back from acting?
How do you motivate yourself into taking action?

Happy Wednesday!!

Kim

Living in Fear Isn’t the Answer

As great as life is most of the time, there are some things that I don’t understand why they have to happen!!!

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We have friends who are going through a really rough time right now and it seems like there are no answers for them!

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This weekend I read about a terrible bike tragedy – one of those things that seems so senseless and makes everyone wonder why it had to happen.

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Jordan and I were talking about some of this type of stuff yesterday and I told him that as awful as it is, we can’t let fear control our lives.  I know there are people who let fear  dominate their lives and I never want my boys to live with that kind of fear.

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We can’t control every aspect of our lives but we can choose to face life head-on and embrace all of it – good and bad.

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Sometimes it is hard to understand the why and some days the fear threatens to take over.  There are days that we have to allow others to help us stay strong and there are times that we have to be strong for those around us.

Fear is powerful but so are we!!!

Do you search for they “why?”
Do you ever live your life in fear?

Happy Monday!

Kim

Overcoming Fear

Today my 43 was all about working my legs!!!  Finally!!!

I did a 4-count lunge:  Lunge forward with right leg, clap overhead, clap under leg, clap overhead, step back – switch to left leg – repeat = 1 rep.

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Not gonna lie – 43 of these and my quads were burning, my arms were getting tired and I was breathing hard – I might be a little out of shape!!!

Today I RAN!!!  This was my first run in over 3 weeks and obviously, my first run since having surgery.  I was actually really SCARED!!!  Like, awake half the night thinking about it, SCARED.Screen shot 2013-05-15 at 9.48.20 AM

I don’t know why the thought of running scared me so much.  I have run after numerous injuries – Achilles tendonitis, a torn calf muscle, stress fractures galore (the last one in my hip and I ran with it for 3 months) – I’ve run during 2 pregnancies and after giving birth x2 – I’ve run after wiping out during a run with blood streaming down me – but not after having part of my legs striped away.

It is completely irrational – a runner scared to run?!

But today – I was scared to run!!!  So, I geared myself in compression stuff (I knew the wraps would be a mess) –

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I told myself what I needed to do –

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And I ran.

As much as I wanted to test out my new Garmin,GarminI decided to save that for another day and stick to the comfort of my treadmill (my overcoming and digging down only carried me so far!).

I started this run slower than I have EVER run but then I felt “it” come back and I Screen shot 2013-05-15 at 10.00.55 AMdrop-kicked the fear and just enjoyed the fact that slow or fast – I AM STILL A RUNNER!!!

I ran 5 miles and walked 1/4 mile.

  • Did it hurt?  Yes
  • Have other runs hurt?  Of course
  • Can I run through pain?  DUH!!!
  • Will the next one be easier?  Without a doubt!!!!

Screen shot 2013-05-15 at 10.05.59 AMI’m glad that I didn’t let my fear hold me back!!!

What fear are you facing today?  Big or little – you can beat it!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!

Kim