60%. This is the number I calculated that my daily life is spent on my job/career. Some weeks are less, some are more. This doesn’t leave a whole bunch of ‘time’ for everything else. Family, Kung Fu, sleep, self care.
When I talk about ‘time’ what I am really referring to is energy. My job saps the life out of me at times, especially this time of year. I struggle to find the energy to go above and beyond in everything else. I maintain the best I can, but often there is no actual progress. When I do make some positive progress it feels great.
Tomorrow is not promised, but I cannot live life like tomorrow will not be here. Doing what I do now is a means to an end. I can only hope that I will be able to enjoy life when work is not such a big part of it. And if there is something else in my cards, then my family can enjoy the fruits of my labor.
That is not to say I feel I am wasting time or my life, as I do enjoy what I do, and I do believe I make a difference. My family is still my number one priority and I do everything to not miss out on anything. Sometimes that means exhaustion but it is all worth it, as they are what truly matters.
What disappointments me the most is how this affects my training in Kung Fu. Some days it’s all I can do to get myself to class. I don’t miss many classes, and I am always grateful that I have gone, and feel better for it. But, I also feel there is not a lot of progress or energy for a lot of practice outside of class. I am certainly not at the point I had hoped to be a year and a half after my surgery. This weighs on me. I cannot stop aging, but I must find a way to progress and feel good about my training again. This is an important part of life to me, and an important part of my means to my end.
I’m hoping for a better next week, and going forward as the team member I was covering for is back from two and half weeks vacation. Double duty is over, and I’m grateful! My Kung Fu numbers suffered again this week, but I wasn’t as exhausted as last week, so that’s a positive.
Looking forward to the Canada Day demos, have fun everyone! 🇨🇦
Push ups- 15,850
Sit ups and equivalent time with plank - 16,250
Form reps - Hand 428 Weapon 220
AOK’s - 446
Sparring - 360
KM’s - 800
Blogs - 23
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