2019

So, here we are, 2019.

To me 2019 looks a lot like 2018, but perhaps that me is just being a bit over cynical. Still, I have never been one for resolutions and I am not going to start now.

As I wrote before, I am hoping that for me 2019 can be a bit of a continuation of 2018. This year doesn't need to be earth shattering, in fact I would be quite happy if it isn't, more of the same will do me just fine thank you.

For me the last couple of years have been ones of rather significant change. At the beginning of 2017 I still considered myself to be a racing athlete. That changed pretty quickly at the beginning of the year and by the end of 2017 I was under doctor's orders to become entirely unfit, losing all form and gaining about 15kg.

With the start of 2018 I was able to start exercise again and through the year I have been on a journey of rediscovering some fitness and also the joys of trying a new sport, all of which have been enjoyable challenges. Also through 2018 my heart seems to have calmed down, to the point that it is likely that in 2019 I will be given an all clear (sort of) to exercise freely.

The process of going from a racing Ironman to a couch potato to getting back to some sort of fitness has been a bit of a roller coaster and so for 2019 I would be happy to simply maintain the upward trajectory that I am currently on. It has taken me most of a year, but I finally feel that I am doing about the right amount of exercise for me, it would be good to simply keep doing that. Might sound simple, but that is fine with me.

Overlaid on this topsy turvey exercise journey has been the trip I have been taking with coaching. 2017 was a frenetic year for coaching, deciding it was something I wanted to do, getting qualified, getting started, learning what the hell I was doing, it was all a bit of a blur. 2018 was a bit calmer as I got more and more comfortable with what I was doing and also found my rhythm more. Coaching is still something I am enjoying and I think through 2018 I found a better balance than I had in 2017. For 2019 I will be looking to continue in the same vein and I am hoping I can maintain that healthier balance. 

On top of all of this 2018 had a few other curve balls such as buying a new house, changes at work etc. All of this has added up to 2018 being a fulfilling but challenging year. I don't mind if 2019 contains a few more challenges, I don't want it to be boring after all, but at the same time I would be happy to not undergo any more significant life changing events for the next 12 months if I can avoid it. A bit of status quo wouldn't go amiss, that will be my big hope for 2019.

Oh yeah and turn 40. That is going to be happening in 2019 too.