No matter how you plan, there will always be things that pop
up unexpectedly and bump against your plan.
That’s life…you and other stuff all bumping together in a mix. Every plan can get knocked off track.
It happened to me yesterday.
I have been doing P90X for sixty days and have not missed a day. Yesterday, we went after work to celebrate
the launching of a project that we have been building for a year. I knew I was going to get home later than
usual and planned on simply doing my workout later. I planned on it. I had every intention of following through
right up to the point where I fell asleep on the commuter train from Boston to
my stop in Attleboro, MA. Do you know
where the train goes when you miss the Attleboro stop? I knew it was somewhere in southern Rhode
Island. Now, I know exactly where it
is. I got home two hours later at 11PM. Needless to say, I didn’t work out.
I think the most important thing to remember is to always
have a backup plan. Not only should the
plan address contingencies, but it should also contain the way back to the path
you were on.
The thing I always try to remember, and it is true, is that
a plan is no more than a path to a destination.
There are many ways to get to Las Vegas from Boston. That path has many offshoots and side
roads. The most important thing, though,
is to keep that destination in front of you and to keep moving. If you get bumped off track, start looking
for that entrance ramp back to the highway.
That’s where I am today.
Heading up that entrance ramp back to my P90X highway. Yesterday is going to be the break day that
Friday is usually reserved for. I will
do the Wednesday/Thursday routines on Thursday/Friday.
It should be interesting to see how my body adapts to the
change in rhythm…but not SO interesting that I want to make this a regular
thing. It's a bump in the road.
So don’t get thrown off.
Don’t use the bump, no matter how big, as an excuse to stop. Just get back to the path as soon as possible
and keep going.
That’s what I’m going to do!
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