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Momento Mori

Momento Mori

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“Remember that you will die.”

The brevity of life is part of what makes it so special.  When I think about death, I am not really afraid.  No, I don’t want to die, but eventually I will. Instead, I want to make my life here on earth as full of meaningfulness as possible.  Over the past couple of years, I’ve changed my perspective of time an priority.  I heard on Running on Om, a great podcast by Julia Hanlon about life and running and great people, an analogy that the time left you have left in life is like a savings account, and its up to you how to spend your time.  I love this analogy.  Reflecting on death puts a limit to the time you have saved and really forces you to live to the fullest.  I am intentionally focusing on trying to make my relationships more meaningful, not that I valued them less before, but that this is really a priority for me and I want to put my energy into meaningful relationships.

Death or injury can come from anywhere.  Do what you love, with the people you love. Life is too short not to. And don’t forget to #WomanUp2016

AoM #6

AoM #6

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Today’s prompt was to pick a quotation about manhood and write about it. Well, I can’t relate to manhood so I tried to look up quotations on womanhood.  Ironically, many lists of quotations about womanhood are dominated by things men have said.  Go figure.  After searching, I found one that finally spoke to me:

“The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to TACKLE THE MOTHERFUCKING SHIT OUT OF IT.”  -Cheryl Strayed

Life is a wild ride.  We don’t have time to ‘act’ feminine, or manly, to seduce it.  We have to take what we have right now and use what we’ve got to go after what we want.  No one in adult life is going to tell you what you want or how to get it (unless you stay up too late watching infomercials).  Its up to you to decide, up to you to make the life of your dreams.

I chose this quotation because I’m still resonating with #womanup2016.  This year is about bravely chasing my dream life.  It won’t be easy, but I’m sure I can catch it!

#WomanUp2016

#WomanUp2016

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Today I tweeted to Oiselle my goals for 2016:

  • Run Goal: run a 1/2 marathon in under 1:45:00
  • Personal Goal: stay injury free in 2016
  • Professional Goal: Be Principle Investigator on a project

Its good to have measureable goals that you can communicate in less than 140 characters, but I want to dig a little deeper into what each one means to me.  2015 was a year of change.  Our family moved across the country, back home to California.  This is where I feel in my element.  Life is easier, and more importantly, happier.  We are all set up for success, with a lifestyle that is easy to relax and be happy while we do it.

Run 1/2 Marathon in less than 1:45:00 – Pretty self explanatory, SMART goal for running.  I have signed up for the San Diego Craft Classic in July. Plenty of time to train, plenty of time to try again. This goal has been eluding me since 2012.  I know I can do it.  I am going to do it this year.

Stay injury free – This sounds easy, but while chasing my running goal it has a lot of small implications. I have to keep up with my PT exercises; I have to consistently do boring prevention strength training for core, hips, hammies, and glutes; I have to consistently stretch and do mobility (this is where I have consistently fell short in the past); I need to fuel and hydrate properly; I need to sleep enough.

Be PI on a project – This is ambitious. I am just starting a new job. I am not ready for this year’s internal funding competition.  I can either take over as technical lead on an ongoing project or pitch to outside funding sources.  Given that I have 6 months of projects before I can start my own work, it is a reach. But if I have this goal in my head, I can work towards it and be much closer than I have been to do this.  This is the scary one, the one that will really force me to step out of my comfort zone.

In addition to these goals, I have auxillary intentions of how I would like to shape my life and my being.

  • Spend time with my family
  • Be open to makeing friendship and put in effort necessary
  • Try new things (I want to skate in parks, ride a motorcycle, stand up paddleboard, surf, become a dog trainer, volunteer at an animal shelter)
  • Keep/get my family healthy

Onward & WomanUP!