Do you ever psych yourself out? I just might have. As I’m prepping for my first Spartan Super, I started reading race recaps about this particular course. And now I’m scared. Yeah, this is an Iron(wo)man talking. (10 years ago to the month!) But I’m still scared. Because you read stuff like… “…brutal one-mile climb […]
Author: larosenberg
My latest challenge
I discovered a new world. The world of obstacle course racing. It’s my latest “thing.” Which is good because I was itching for a change. See, I need goals to work towards. To motivate me. To inspire me to do the things. As disciplined as I might seem on the outside, the reality is that […]
The art of doing nothing…
So, I’m a teacher. A teacher on summer break. A teacher finding moments of, gasp, boredom. Nothing to do. Nothing that requires my immediate attention. Nothing that really needs to get done right now. (because we can always find something to do. I will not submit you to my laundry list of things I could be doing…) And so […]
“Goals transform a random walk into a chase…”
I am motivated by goals. It’s what gets me going. Gets me to do the things. And coffee. That also helps. LOL. But all joking aside, goals are what inspire me. “Setting goals is the first step to turning the invisible into the visible.” ~Tony Robbins And I’ve done a lot of that. Practicing the piano? […]
“We have two ears and one mouth…”
I recently found myself in a meeting at work where we were doing some problem-solving. Admin was there and leading the conversation, which included a lot of storytelling to propose some possible solutions. I didn’t say a whole lot as I was mainly listening and didn’t feel there was anything I felt I needed to […]
Spartan Race Reflection
I tried something new this past weekend. I completed my first obstacle course race. Of the Spartan variety. I know. Very exciting. It was a Stadion version of their Sprint distance at the Nationals Stadium in DC. Super cool. 3 miles and 20 obstacles (or 21-22 depending on who you ask!), lots of stair climbing and behind-the-scenes […]
Rediscovered loves…
I recently rediscovered one of my loves. My love for reading. I decided to challenge myself to read 54 books this year. I barely read 10 last year. Maybe 12. It’s January 21st and I am already starting my 6th book! I LOVE READING. I didn’t always used to love reading. In fact, I remember […]
“The bad news is time flies…”
“…The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~Michael Altshuler I swear the school year just started. And then it was well underway. Rosh Hashana. Yom Kippur. (I’m getting into the groove with the Fall Jewish holidays…) Halloween. Thanksgiving. Hanukkah. And now Christmas. I feel like once Halloween hits, everything goes by in the blink of an eye! […]
First year of marriage: A reflection
Michael and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary a week ago. I still can’t believe one year has gone by since we said our “I dos” to each other. And what a year it has been! We honeymooned in Portugal. Sold our condo. Bought a house. Spent 6 weeks in Australia & New Zealand. […]
Moving the energy
It has been a challenging past few weeks for me. It’s something I have been able to compartmentalize pretty well. But the recent focus in the political news has really gotten to me on a very deep level. All for reasons I am fully aware of and have done lots of healing work around, but […]