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Carpe diem!

May 31, 2010 By 3 Comments

OpenArmsStretchbyTimHagen Carpe diem!Seize the day.

I’m try­ing to live by this mantra. A year ago I couldn’t walk, sit, or even lie down with­out being in a ton of pain. Even doped up on Vicodin. I longed to be active. To run. Jump. Climb. Now, after eight months of pain, five months of rehab, and count­less hours dream­ing of bet­ter days, I’m able to do most everything!

The prob­lem is I too often find myself tired and search­ing for moti­va­tion. The stress of work and from a body that’s still heal­ing are remain­ing chal­lenges to over­come. Yet there will always be obsta­cles. I can’t let these stop me from enjoy­ing a phys­i­cal life.

One great moti­va­tor is read­ing some of the blog posts that I wrote while lying in bed. As I read the posts filled with hope and long­ing it all comes back to me. I remem­ber the feel­ing of being trapped, unable to do much of any­thing. I was left only able to live vic­ar­i­ously through read­ing books about run­ning and watch­ing videos of moun­tain climb­ing. I’m sud­denly hit with an emo­tional punch that I am now able to do the very things I could only dream of. It’s a good kick in the pants to get out the door.

When moti­va­tion is wan­ing, think back to a time when you couldn’t do as much as you can now and seize the day. Make it hap­pen folks!

Carpe diem! What are you going to accom­plish today?

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  1. Simon | 529ironman.com says:
    June 1, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Hi Clyn­ton,
    Good to hear that you are up and run­ning.
    I agree with the read­ing of blog­post or, for exam­ple, music / videos to get you fired up. I think this is a great one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqpYKx

    What also works for me is to real­ize that you pro­vide inspi­ra­tion and moti­va­tion for oth­ers. You are inspi­ra­tion! It’s eas­ier to quit on but you can’t dis­ap­point your friends and fans.

    Thanks!

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  2. Clynton says:
    June 2, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Thanks man!

    Yes, cer­tain music (for me, Muse) works really well. The video on the side­bar to the right is one of my favorite videos to inspire me to run.

    Unfor­tu­nately the link didn’t work to the video — I’d like to see it.

    Thanks for tak­ing the time to con­nect — I find a ton of inspi­ra­tion from all of you, each com­ment is a boost of adren­a­line for me.

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  3. Clynton says:
    June 3, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Thanks man!

    Yes, cer­tain music (for me, Muse) works really well. The video on the side­bar to the right is one of my favorite videos to inspire me to run.

    Unfor­tu­nately the link didn’t work to the video — I’d like to see it.

    Thanks for tak­ing the time to con­nect — I find a ton of inspi­ra­tion from all of you, each com­ment is a boost of adren­a­line for me.

    Reply

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