Becoming a Gay Adult

It's hard to find the line in the sand where you're stretching beyond the comfort zone into growth and development and when you're just in over your head. It's been said in a triathlon (swim, then bike, then run) the swim is merely a warm up for the more challenging parts of the race. But when I'm a novice swimmer who takes 1.5 hours to do what others do in 40 minutes, is it still a warm up? or is it now the full course, the main meal, the entree needing no dessert? Or when I fell and now need medical attention to a few wounds, do I give up and go to the medical tent or soldier on to the finish line and then pause? It's tricky. It may depend on the situation, the day, other variables. How we decide what's pushing our limits and what's breaking us is hard. I guess the answer in this case was in my godson's eyes as he looked up at me proudly, held my hand and ran the last few yards to the finish line. I gave him my finisher shirt. He seemed to ...

So we're in 3rd Quarter 2012. It's a good time to assess projects and see where things stand as we get closer to performance reviews. In order to turbo-charge performance you might have to amp up the stakes a bit. Do one thing that terrifies you to get the motor going. I'm aiming to do a triathlon next Sunday. Actually, it more than terrifies me--I think I'm completely out of my league. The sprint triathlon for practice a couple weeks ago was pushing the limit for me--I swam most of the swim portion doing snow angels in the water on my back (in a wetsuit.) It was sad. Third to last out of the water. And now, to wrap up this triathlon training adventure, I'm choosing to attempt the Olympic distance which includes a .9 mile swim. And today in the pool I managed 900 yards (barely half)...and I stopped after each 25 yards doing that distance in an hour. I have an hour to complete the mile on race day. Yikes. So pick something that's a stretch and dare yourself...