The theme today was the last decade. It's gone very quickly for me. At the end of the last decade, I was 32, with a new baby, a toddler, a 5 year old, a large mortgage and struggling to grow into my responsibilities as a husband, father and senior manager. 10 years later, I'm still learning but I no longer fight so much, principally because I've found some peace in my change of career but having three kids who are 15, 12 and 10 is slightly easier on the mind and body than 5,2 and 2 months.
I don't under estimate the impact of my running either. I've stuck at it for a couple of years now and proved that with hard work and focus, I can achieve big things, like taking 18 minutes off my half marathon PB in two years. I had lost sight of this a few times over the decade, especially in the context of work. The effort I was putting in didn't seem to be achieving anything of worth, so I stopped trying. Once you stop believing you can make a difference, the ground starts to open and swallow you up little by little.
