Move It!

I am setting myself three goals for the next year and I am putting them here to give myself accountability and to track my progress or potential lack off…

My three goals are:

• Train towards walking the South West Coastal Path
• Get an ab – just one I’m not greedy
• Move – I’m not sure where yet but hopefully forward though maybe a little left or right and hopefully in the right direction and with courage

Why I want to walk the South West Coastal Path…

I love to be outdoors especially along the broken coast line of the south west. Moorland stretches inland for miles, coves appear around each corner, miles of open sea, rugged cliff faces and wildlife is everywhere. Being in that place heals my soul and I feel like it needs a bit of healing. I haven’t challenged myself for a while and if I’m being honest I think I’ve got a little lost and have settled for safety instead of a challenge.

The physicality of the SWCP also appeals. It’s a 630 mile hike around the edge of the south west coast beginning in Minehead, Somerset and ending in Poole Harbour, Dorset. The walk is not an easy one but, as they say, if it was easy everybody would do it. For me it will be about pushing myself physically and mentally as well as bringing me closer to nature in a part of the world I love. Now, I need to set myself a start date and start training.

The Ab…

 I have always wanted abs, not the highly defined six pack of a pro body builder but a shadow of a pack. Now, at the ripe old age of twenty seven I am being told by numerous people, older people I might add, that my body is slowing down. In physical ways that I cannot see maybe it is but I really don’t think it’s as drastic or as scary as others have made it out to be. Plus, the amount of people who are not slowing down and are decades older than me are proof that this is not the case. However, I do want to try and achieve this before I’m twenty eight. I constantly add the ab goal to a new year’s resolution list, a birthday list and several others then do nothing about it. The other benefit of working on this goal is a strong core will be needed to carry my rucksack, tent and supplies safely over the coastal path.

Move it…

Finally, there is Move. What better way to move than putting one foot in front of the other, it’s the simplest way and yields a lot of progress. I have felt stagnant for a long time now, stuck in one place. My job roles have improved, my finances are improving laboriously but as I person I am not moving. Maybe it’s a quarter life crisis but I feel as if I haven’t grown in a while. I am too young to be stagnant and too old to allow it to happen. So through physical movement I am hoping for emotional and spiritual movement. I have grown fed up and tired of being still when there are so many places to go.

Why have I decided this now you may ask? Well, I could delay until a Monday or the New Year, I could even stall until another birthday has come past but waiting achieves nothing. If we keep waiting for a certain day or a milestone to make a change we could be waiting and missing opportunities because that Monday, Wednesday, birthday or event wasn’t the right day for change.

Today for me is the day for change and it’s not my birthday, it’s not New Year’s, it’s simply today.