Clearly, this throws a wrench into my plans to reach my goal in time for my 30th birthday. Clearly, this hasn't been my year. But I am resilient, I am a fighter and this blow hasn't been a TKO. Don't count me out just yet for I haven't shown anyone how much I want this or how much I need this. This is another opportunity for me to prove to myself what I am capable of. To bounce back, first, from knee surgery and then eventually ankle surgery. So my mindset needs to switch to I won't reach my goal...to my goal has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. I have been so focused on my 30th birthday (12/27) that my world came crashing down when I had to schedule surgery a month before my birthday. It sounds silly, I know, but when you have your mind fixated on something....you work hard to make sure it happens. In this case, it may not happen by that date...but it will happen, eventually.
My journey has not been smooth by any means. Between medical issues, mental hurdles and now physical limitations...this has been far from easy. I know that I should not have expected this to be easy. What is the most frustrating is how bad I want this and how my body does not cooperate. But like they say, through struggle comes great reward. I plan to demonstrate this, through whatever it takes I will prove to myself that I am worthy of reaching my goals. This can be done and it will be done.