2023 and the future
The world doesn’t care about you – I’m not special or amazing. Just an ordinary nobody, really. That might be harsh but it’s better that way. Isn’t it amazing, how so many times we are told the opposite? The repetition…
Category mindset
The final stretch – Athens authentic marathon 2022
It’s now the final week before the race in Athens. The training is complete, the squats, the chin-ups, the speed runs, the threshold runs the lunges and on and on. Paradoxically the final week is a waiting game. A resting…
Point of diminishing returns
Final run Yesterday, 10 days before the race, I decided that it would be my final run. It was without incident and I clocked in 13.5km at a slow pace. I couldn’t help but think about getting injured or my…
Obliterating heat – running in Athens,Greece
People can tell you what running in 30+ degree celcius heat is like. They can describe it in detail, and give you some tips even, but none of that will help you. Just breath Ever been in a sauna? If…
Is it better to be popular or one’s favorite?
I read a post recently on this and thought it would be worth reflecting on. Wow, nobody posed that question to me as a teenager when being popular felt so right and so necessary. I wish someone had, because though…
First marathon – cold feet
It’s getting closer and closer to race day and after going for a 19km run yesterday while the Krakow half-marathon was happening I was reflecting on my training so far, the goal of running the race and simultaneously getting pumped…
The anti-GOAL
I heard about it recently and thought it an interesting concept. What does it mean? We always have been told to have goals and try to strive to reach them. Pursue new ones after and keep them within the realm…
MENspedition
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss It refers to a guy’s weekend my friends and I go on, a couple times a year.…
Replay – Can I get another chance?
Many of us wish we could get a do-over! That we could replay that night, that performance, that date, that trip, that relationship. When our youth passes us, we wish we could have it back, once more or….forever. If we…
What’s your value system?
it stands to reason that we can all define value differently depending on not just our culture but our status in society and probably age and gender as well. Those are the big ones anyway. So that begs the question - What's yours?
My attention
is precious and I have a certain amount of it per day. There are certain things that require my attention and there are others who pay for it. Then there are those choices I make on what or who to…
What is progress?
When you’re learning a language and you don’t have a teacher or tutor and you’re attempting this solo, how do you know if you’re making any progress? Well, I’ve been asking myself that question for the past 12 months and…
Who is responsible?
Our actions always have consequences. We are free, and we have freedom, but when we exercise that freedom there are consequences. Who will bear the responsibility of those consequences? The answer is obvious but elusive. Probably because most of us…
Polish grammar blues
So I’ve been diving deep into another exercise/workbook and now I am on my third one and the final level. I suppose it is about intermediate level Right now I am on comparative/superlative structures and prepositions. For those unfamiliar with…
Index cards are everywhere
So it’s been many months since I’ve written an update on my progress and efforts. I can confirm that it wasn’t because I stopped moving forward and pushing to learn Polish. Quite the contrary, I’ve been working at the same…