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January 06, 2005

Comments

Derek

Forgive yourself! Wedding stress isn't an "excuse," it's a darn good REASON. After our wedding my wife, Karen, and I collapsed into a comatose state that took us almost a week to emerge from. It was almost a month before we could hear the word "plan" without running screaming into the woods.

Weddings are a great time, but they're an unbelievable amount of work and stress too; Karen is fond of saying that planning our wedding together was the best test of our marriage that we could make ;) It's only natural that you need to take a little time to recover. The dojo will still be there when you're ready to push yourself again.

Robert Kedoin

I think you need to take a break and regroup. It sounds like your body is trying to scream at you to give it a break and you're just saying, "Nah, let's keep going." I think you're forgetting that you've just done one of the statistically most stressful things in your life by getting married. Congratulate yourself on getting it done and take a break.

Also, I don't think you should be putting extra pressure on yourself just because some calendar says it's a new year. It's just another month. Your body certainly isn't fresh and new just because it's a new year.

Listen to your body and your heart. (I had written mind too, but perhaps your mind is playing tricks on you this time...)

Wichi Dude

I think you are in the right frame of mind. Now all you need is the right frame of body.
Rest and recover. Then worry about the rest.

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