My 30 minute May
This is another 30 minute month review as once again I’m struggling to write the monthly review that I committed to at the beginning of the year. By setting my timer to 30 minutes and just allowing the words to flow, i’m getting it done. It won’t be perfect but getting it done is what is important to me at the moment, and as I always say- ‘done is better than perfect’.
Work
Work is feeling aligned with who I am and my values. I’ve had moments in the last few months where I’ve really missed the outdoor fitness community I created, which has been hard. However, the women I’m working with at the moment are exactly the women who I want to be working with. Work gives me so much meaning and purpose, but not in the unhealthy way that used to be the case. I have recently invested in some business Coaching which feels exciting and I’m so excited to have someone to share and discuss business ideas with, which I really miss. I’m currently developing my Coaching offer . Watch this space.
Home
This month I took Kitty to visit my sister in The Netherlands and we also went on a camping trip with friends to Beamish. Both were so much fun, and I’ll never take for granted working on me so that I can fully enjoy being present during times like this. I’ve also become super inspired this month on my enormous tidy up of our home. I can’t tell you how much joy it is giving me. Lots has happened to us in the last 8 years since Kitty was born, and finally getting on top of things is insanely satisfying. I know. I can’t believe this is me either.
Health and fitness
May has been the month where my pull up progress has really clicked. I’ve stopped counting how many I’ve got, and now can confidently link 2’s together. Obviously they’re not perfect but bearing in mind getting one pull all was my goal for the year, I’m totally thrilled! I still have a gentle fat loss goal, and it’s really slow going. So, knowing I’m improving my performance with this body weight exercise is really helpful as there’s no way I can’t be improving my body composition here. Very happy about that.
On the other hand this month, I had a major worry about my meniscal tear in my knee. I managed to get a last minute physio appt with the lovely physio at my doctors surgery (what an amazing service that is) and the advice was to reduce intensity and load but continue to use. Honestly so so happy I’m not on for another 6-12 months of recovery but also was interesting to observe that it wasn’t the end of the world for me and I quietly accepted the injury instead of fighting it or worrying about weight gain/ fitness & strength loss. It was actually a real progress marker for me.
Perimenopause continues to kick my butt at times and I thank goodness regularly that I’ve learnt the art of showing up for myself with movement and nutrition whether I like it or not.
I’ve two minutes left. Quick proof read done and I’m done.
Thanks for reading.
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