??? - Days 2-7
Monday - 19 June 2023 through Saturday - 24 June 2023
Workout: No training
So… I failed to hit my goal for the week: “Don’t do nothing.”
I’ve been doing exactly nothing, and it’s more or less on purpose. Monday brought two big critical path tasks at work for a deadline that occurs next Wednesday, but I basically evaporated yesterday: Our trip to Europe begins in a few hours.
So that meant I had to cram 10 days worth of work into not quite 5 days, but I did it: I got my pieces checked in, I unblocked the downstream colleagues dependent on my work, and I signed off yesterday afternoon feeling good that I didn’t force anyone to pick up my slack.
But I sacrificed to do it.
I sacrificed my training.
I sacrificed my diet.
I sacrificed my sleep.
And I even sacrificed my family time.
Was it worth it?
My boss would say, “Yes!” because that’s his job.
My wife and kids would say, “Yes!” because we made a conscious decision about the job change last fall fully aware that these periods will happen about twice yearly.
But me?
I don’t know, man. I look in the mirror and I can see the toll a complete lack of movement, crap food, crap sleep, and boatloads of stress have imposed on my body in less than a week’s time, and it’s awful. I was living like I did in grad school, but I ain’t 24 years old no mo’…
It is what it is, I suppose. And I will bounce back, there’s no question about that.
But for now, I’m going to focus on this trip, I’m going to be fully present in each moment of each day, and I’m not going to worry about anything else!