Out of Control

2023 came to an end totally out of control, with its own flow… And that flow continued into the beginning of 2024, hence my super late blog.

As I look back at the year, there were many times where I was reminded to go with the flow as opposed to having intricate plans for the day or for the week. However, somehow, I kept forgetting about not having detailed plans that I control it to the smallest detail.  Ironically, some of the most memorable moments of 2023 were those that I had no control over the flow.

The biggest one of those moments was getting a puppy.  Not knowing what to expect and what to do almost forced me into that flow as opposed to the control.  It felt like I was riding a wave.  You let the wave take you to wherever it goes, as opposed to dictating where the wave needs to go (which is impossible).  I will admit that there were (and there are still) times where I either missed the wave or I got crushed by the next one.  However, in overall, it feels good to let go off the control a little because that is the only way I can truly “listen” to my puppy’s needs.

The letting go off the control worked very similarly with the kids too when we finally stayed in San Francisco, for a change, in October.  We made “planning” a game, when we put all of our wishes for the weekend in a bucket and pulled out only 3 per day.  All of a sudden, our day turned upside down, in the best way possible.

Even with Train and Smile, I let one week (out of 52) to go with the flow, because I couldn’t figure out how not cancel a class when there was NO way for me to teach two classes.  Once I focus on “how I can teach for 1 hour” as opposed to “At what time I should teach my Wednesday Afternoon class”, everything worked out - the wave carried me to the shore!  I ended up teaching a 1 hour boot camp class on a Saturday and I was able to bring back memories (and moves) from decades ago.

And lastly, during the final days of the year, we totally lost control over our days, which forced us to ride a whole different wave.  This wave was bigger than usual.  And it gave me anxiety to let go off the control.  However, once I did, the ride was awesome.  I even lost track of the days.  The only plan that we made was to celebrate the New Year in the mountain.  We then stayed up until past-midnight as a WHOLE family, which had never happened before and was never in the plans.

For 2024, of course, I have plans but I will manage the control over those plans with a very loose “leash”.  Since my main goal with this site is to keep my community motivated and fit, I will approach to it from a different angle and see how it will work.  I hope you will stay tuned and join me in my new approach of keeping you fit!

Big high five to all of you for riding another wave of your life in 2023.  Keep it up for 2024!

6pm on 12/31/23 as we headed up on the chairlift to pick up our torches to come down the hill at night

12:36am on 1/1/24 - ALpine is also attached to me…