Not the week I intended to have, but still great.
It’s been years since I’ve been sick. With the kids back in school this year (after homeschooling last year), we’ve all been exposed to more than we were used to. That resulted in me having a decent cold and flu this past week, which likely explains why I felt so fatigued during the 10k I ran last weekend.
Though the week was less productive and required more rest, I was able to pull out one significant insight from my experience of being under the weather this week.
Illness is never scheduled; it just happens, and usually when you have other plans for that time. This used to derail me. I would end up discouraged, and by the end of the illness, I was in a rut. It would then take me extra days to get back into my routine, if not weeks or longer. However, this time, it didn’t do that. I accepted the downtime rather than allowing it to get me stuck. It was undoubtedly still frustrating, but a week later, only a cough and a minor headache remained, and I slowly got back into my routine. There is no rut this time.
One of the reasons I believe I am less susceptible to getting stuck in ruts is that I have been forcing myself to do new and hard things. A few years ago, I started running. I had told myself for decades that I was not a runner and that my body hated it. The truth is, it was my mindset that was holding me back. I also wanted to learn to play the drums and started on that journey earlier this year. Yesterday, I played drums in the worship band at my church for both of our services. The first time I ever played with a live band was Thursday. It wasn’t perfect, but it went well.
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