It should be easy to find time for things that are important to us, but it’s amazing how life can get in the way of things.
I want to be cycling every day again, like I did for most of last year. I want to be cycling to work every day, and spending my weekends in the saddle.
So why am I not doing it?
That’s a good question.
I’m tired.
(And I know very well that you’ll be thinking to yourself, exercise will help with that! – You don’t need to tell me. I know that exercising more gives me more energy.)
My right knee is causing me problems.
(And I know that the only way around that is to start cycling regularly again – not pushing it hard, just getting it moving and building up strength. I know.)
My new office isn’t half so conducive to cycling.
There’s nowhere to keep my bikes, apart from by my desk. There’s nowhere to change, apart from in tiny toilet cubicles.
We’re madly busy settling into our new house. We’re still unpacking boxes, and we have renovations and decorating waiting for us.
(Of course, we could still fit in a couple of hours of cycling on Saturday morning before we get stuck into all of those house things…)
But, do you know what?
It mostly comes down to the fact that I’m tired. Tired of short days, high winds, long days in the office and too little time outdoors, tired of the to-do list on my desk at work and bewildered by the to-do list in my personal life.
I feel like I’ve lost my cycling mojo and I need to get it back. Not least because my first time trial event is edging ever nearer… (And I’ll be damned if I’m not going to give it my best).
There are always so many excuses that we make for not doing things – even things that we love, like cycling. But I know the answer to all of this. It’s to stop feeling tired and overwhelmed. And the only way I know how to deal with that?
It’s time to get back on the bike, and to get those addictive, energising endorphins pumping again.
My plans for this evening?
I’m going on my bike.
No. More. Excuses.