{"id":598,"date":"2017-11-30T13:41:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2017-11-30T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T13:41:54","slug":"you-vs-you-vs-you-11-30-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/30\/you-vs-you-vs-you-11-30-17\/","title":{"rendered":"You vs. You vs. You (11\/30\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThe best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.\u201d \u2013 Robert Burns<\/p>\n

After an extremely long season, which started at Amy Dixon\u2019s No Sight No Limits camp in Chula Vista and ended at Turnstone Dare2Tri\u2019s camp in Fort Wayne, I had a plan for 2018. It involved having a little bit of a break and then hitting things hard. Having planned out an equally long 2018, I saw this as the best route for success. <\/p>\n

But then a thunderstorm of personal stuff started and derailed that plan. It will all be great stuff in the long-term, but it derailed what I had planned. When this happens, you can either say \u2018screw it, focus on X\u2019 or you can come up with a Plan B (and in my case usually a C, D, \u2026 X) and move forward. This is the first half of the title of the blog, and the first battle.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s sometimes very easy to say \u2018this sucks, I\u2019m out\u2019, but that\u2019s not the right attitude. Even if you have to temporarily back away or radically move things around, there shouldn\u2019t be a reason to sit on the sidelines forever. Not only will you miss out on a lot in life, but you owe it to yourself and those who\u2019ve supported you to get back out there. See my Leaning Tower blog for an example of this. Things would have gone radically different for 2017 if I hadn\u2019t won out in that you vs. you battle.<\/p>\n

But once you win that first battle, it\u2019s not over. It\u2019s onto round two for you. It\u2019s very easy to find ways to backslide, legitimate or not. You\u2019ve managed to refocus, now it\u2019s just staying on that new path. And I\u2019ll be honest, that\u2019s not always easy. But when you falter, all you can do is pick yourself back up and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

The most important piece of all this is to remember that while it\u2019s an internal fight at times, it\u2019s not fought on your own. You\u2019ve got a tremendous support network that can help you (coaches, friends, family, etc.) when you need it. They\u2019re there to support, encourage and drive you. <\/p>\n

When December starts tomorrow, things will kick into high gear for me. My 2018 season starts early, and I need to be ready for it. While I know that the second part of the fight will continue all month, I know I\u2019ve got the support to win it. And the motivation to keep moving forward through a challenge with friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.\u201d \u2013 Robert Burns After an extremely long season, which started at Amy Dixon\u2019s No Sight No Limits camp in Chula Vista and ended at Turnstone Dare2Tri\u2019s camp in Fort Wayne, I had a plan for 2018. It involved having a little bit of a break … Continue reading You vs. You vs. You (11\/30\/17)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[257,30],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james","tag-nosightnolimits","tag-dare2tri"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}