Things I’ve Learned; Sometimes its hard, get on with it.

25/01/2023

Today I learned that sometimes things are hard, and you just must get on with it. Reviewing this mornings training sessions left me with both positives and things to improve upon. On one hand I didn’t feel quite at my best, I felt a bit too rushed and chaotic throughout the session, but on the other hand I really liked how I handled this today. Even though I felt a bit out of touch with the water and my boat and some tricky gate sequences were navigated with a decent amount of chaos, what I was really happy with today was that I always stayed calm and remained composed and stayed clean. Despite some of my runs being subpar in terms of performance and missing some of the key moves, 5/6 of my half length run efforts were clean, which made all the difference on the times. Reflecting on this it was empowering to see the payoff that just getting it done even when it is going shit makes. On the technical side of course there is still things to improve upon but the mental side was where I felt the big step forward in that session. Training my resilience and composure is incredibly important and I felt the improvement today. What’s more about having a session like this, is afterwards it feels very rewarding. I had just slogged out some really hard earned efforts and stayed clean and stayed composed. When I got off the water I felt my self esteem and confidence boost and I felt like I had just got to a hard earned victory, these are important feelings to have. Winning mind set and trusting the process.