Hello, Spring!
This winter I went and bought running tank tops because I just could not wait anymore for spring. Today was the first time I ran outside wearing one, without a jacket or anything else over it. It is FINALLY spring in Boston! The warm weather felt so great and there were so many runners out, I just couldn't stop running until I literally had to before I passed out. It was one of the absolute best runs I've had in many, many months. I cannot wait to go run tomorrow morning!
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.
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