Comments on: TBT Scorecard: Some adventures are more painful than others

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:21:39 +0000

In reply to Laura Vanderkam. Love this perspective so much! Really looking forward to the book!

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:17:25 +0000

I discovered the Ravensburger “puzzle store” last year and it’s a game changer! You can pull it out and work on the puzzle for as long as you like then snap it shut and clear the table. I do store it flat when there’s a puzzle in the works. Under the couch and out of sight!
https://www.ravensburger.us/products/jigsaw-puzzles/puzzle-accessories/puzzle-store-17962/index.html

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:39:15 +0000

I’ve discovered the magic of the 500 piece puzzle – somehow it draws me in a little more.

By: Meg Evans

Meg Evans — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:31:28 +0000

Congrats on the half marathon! I just did one the Sunday before along the Delaware Canal towpath at Washington Crossing Park. I also had a mixed bag of performance and emotions! By mile 8, I was so frustrated by my visor (that I threw on last minute because it was threatening rain) that I tossed it in the trash. I am realizing that I like the training grind more than the extra logistics of the actual event. I’m not saying I’ll never do another half again, but I’m going to have to think through my strategy and make sure I get enough really long runs in before the event. I’m still counting it as a win, though!

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:19:46 +0000

What a full week! Congrats on the 1/2 marathon. A worthy achievement at any time, especially given all the logistics it requires with such a busy career + big family.

I didn’t actively track everything last week – I was too tuckered out by life. But think I ticked off most of the boxes I was hoping to check?!

Monday (today) ended up being a holiday in Canada for the Queen’s funeral and it threw me so off pace. Ugh. Onward and upward tomorrow? Technically my work is cancelled for the day, but emails are still coming in and I’ve felt flustered from start to finish and of course the kids are home.

Isn’t it wonderful after a night of sleep we get another chance at a clean slate?

Also, I so relate to your comment about the meal out and how “we do not all experience things the same way” – and I’d add to that thought that we don’t all REMEMBER things the same way, either. Sometimes everyone can be miserable in a moment, but then six months later multiple people forget about the negative elements of something and remember it as wholly positive while other people are still clinging on to the negative alone.

By: Lisa of Lisa's Yarns

Lisa of Lisa's Yarns — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:09:09 +0000

The way you felt about your half marathon was how I felt about my 10 mile “race” last fall. I put race in quotations because my time was so slow. I did pretty well training, although my longest training runs were 8 miles, but I did several of them. But then I got sick shortly with an upper respiratory illness a week before the race so I wasn’t feeling great and that didn’t help matters. I should have felt really proud of the fact that I ran a 10 mile race the day my baby turned 10 months but all I felt was kind of, well, embarrassed over how slow I was. But a friend told me that I should focus on the fact that I ran 10 freaking miles. I eventually got over my wounded pride and could appreciate what my body did. But now I know that this is not the season of life for 10 mile races. 10k is my max right now given my work schedule and the age of my kids. I’d love to return to 10mile/halves down the road when my kids are more independent and I have more autonomy over my schedule – if such a thing ever exists when you are a parent! 😉 Although I’m encouraged to see that SHU is feeling pulled to run long distance again, so maybe when our youngest is G’s age, I’ll be able to train for a longer race.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:33:18 +0000

In reply to Nikki.

@Nikki – good question! I think you can choose to focus on a small number of things at once. If I was in a better running place right now I’d probably not look at that for a 3x a week activity, but since I’ve been needing to work at it, it goes in this category. There are probably other things I could look at and would be good for me to look at, but there’s only so much mental capacity. So yes, I think this is a rule where the activity in question could shift over time depending on what you’d like to focus on in life.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:18:36 +0000

I love reading your TBT scorecards and am excited to read the book when it comes out. You may cover this in there but I’m curious to know for rule #4 when do you swap in something different you want to become a habit is it after a set time or just when you are satisfied that one of your original things is now habitual?