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A gentle reminder:

💗 one step at a time,
💗 make it a small one,
💗 take it regularly,
💗 see the changes and,

most importantly,

💗 enjoy the journey.

❓️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲❓️

Today I’d like to share an example of my own mindset challenge. 😉

I want to become a road cyclist. Again.

🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️

That’s one of my biggest dreams at the moment.

I find it very difficult to accept that what felt like a warm-up some 10 years ago is a major challenge today. See pic. ⬇️

My story behind the scene:

After I recovered from a major operation early last year, I slowly started sitting on my bike again.

First, I only just managed to ride my son to school and pick him up later on. That was nearly 10 km a day. It felt more than enough and sometimes I was completely exhausted. My tummy hurt and I had no strength due to a big weight loss.

Then I was put on chemotherapy for 6 months but it did not stop me from riding short distances (I was lucky I didn’t get hit by the most horrible side effects).

The chemo caused a mild and hopefully temporary damage to my heart so when I went back to my longer rides, I constantly had to keep an eye on my heart rate not to go too high as it could have caused a severe heart palpitation and a few hours in A&E. 😳

I managed some longer rides as the months passed by, and by the time I finished chemo, I felt physically much better.

Then came the depression. Minor panick attacks and constant anxiety. That was just enough for me to stop cycling. 😞

After a 6-month-long recovery, I’m back in the saddle again. 🤩

I take it easy this time. Apart from the everyday commute to and from and between after school activities, I decided to go for ONE longer ride each week.

To me it is a weekly task, not a daily one which makes it realistic and doable for me. There is no strict rule such as which day I have to go but I must enjoy it! 🤩

So I make sure I go on a day when I am under less pressure and have time to do a proper warm-up before and a cool-down after my ride.

Yesterday was my second ride in my challenge and I really enjoyed it. I knew I was doing it for myself and was constantly looking at the bigger picture imagining myself riding in Surrey Hills again. 🩵

I loved every minute of it😍 and I am looking forward to the next one!

Referring back to my previous posts, this is how I put my plan together:

🌿 What area(s) of your life would you like to see an improvement in and/or achieve more?

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

🌿 Write down exactly what you want to achieve.

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮 𝟱𝟬/𝟳𝟬/𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗸𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

🌿 What is the one thing you could do about it today?

I can jump back in the saddle and go for a ride.😉

How am I going to do this?

𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀: a 10 km ride in Richmond Park once a week for the 6 weeks, gradually increasing the distance to 20 km by week 6.

Every 6 weeks I will re-write my training plan until I can do a 50km training.

How will I know I have reached my goal?

𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

That’s when my dream comes true: I am a cyclist again. 🤩

🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️

I appreciate we are all different.

I would love to hear about your mindset challenge!

Don’t be shy, share your journey with us. ⬇️⬇️⬇️