Head Over Heels: Goodbye self doubt, Hello New York!!

November 2, 2009

Goodbye self doubt, Hello New York!!

Yesterday I watched one of my best friends, Katie, run the NYC marathon. It was a race we've both always dreamed of running, and I cannot express how incredibly proud of her I am. I was standing on the sidelines, moved to tears (again) watching all of the 40,000+ runners. Every single person out there was accomplishing a goal most people never even get close to starting. I was just so in awe of everyone. Katie finished the race 1/2 hour before she thought she was going to! Next year, I'm running it with her. It just goes to show, when you really put your mind to something, you CAN do anything.

Katie - I am so proud of you. You are such an amazing role model to us all. Goodbye self doubt and HELLO NEW YORK!!!!!

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Welcome to Head Over Heels!

Like many 20-something women, I woke up one morning exasperated. It seemed like every day I would find a new passion, a new dream, and get excited about yet another project, just to find that they would all crash and burn. I wanted something that I could control and that would be all mine.

Because our 20s are a time of exploration and discovery, it's very hard to find that path that directs us exactly to our dreams, especially because our dreams have the habit of evolving overnight. I had worn myself into a tizzy of exhaustion, disappointment, and an overwhelming sense of having no control over my own life. And that's when I went for that first run.

Two minutes later, I arrived back at my apartment steps, panting. As long and as torturous as those two minutes felt, they also gave me a sense of liberation, a feeling that had been severely lacking in my life. The next day, pathetically still sore, I again put on my sneakers. Three minutes, yes! This routine was repeated daily throughout the summer and now, I'm a half-marathoner! My ultimate goal, a marathon, still looms in the distant future, but the even bigger goal is one I can actively work on every day: learning to gain control over my own life and learning to fall in love with myself one step at a time.