What a year it has been. Successes and failures aplenty. For the past few days I have been brainstorming and planning a pivotal post to recap and say goodbye to the sheep and say hello to the monkey, but something sifu said yesterday keeps reverberating in the back of my mind. "Blogging is important!".
Well, I wish someone would have said that a year ago...oh wait...he did.
Now that's not really the piece I'm stuck on, it was the comment about blogging so you have a record of who you were and who you now are because a year on this team will change you. I have to admit, it's a little embarrassing that I didn't figure that one out myself. You see for quite some time, analytics was a large part of my job. Any time we proposed a change, I would be the first one to say, what's our baseline and how are we going to measure if the change has been beneficial and then how beneficial was it. Now, this is really important. I didn't join this team because I really like push ups and sit ups, nor did I sign up because I've had a life long yearning to learn Nunchuks (although they are pretty cool) and nope, it wasn't the endless repetitions of forms and sparring.
I just wanted to be better.
So, who was I a year ago and who am I now? Am I better?
Unfortunately, I don't have a plethora of posts nor do I have statistics to demonstrate who I was physically and mentally. I think I am largely the same person I was, although I know I have changed, and for the better.
Now, I know that I have a long way to go. The pursuit of "betterness" (yes, I just made that up), is never ending. I will keep reminding myself as to why I am doing this. It is not to get a stripe, nor is it to get a green, blue or even a black belt (I know I not supposed to say that, but it's true, that is NOT why I'm here).
I just want to be better.
If I just so happen to earn these achievements in the pursuit of betterness, then that will be pretty swell.
So, if this is really why I am here, I really have to track, log and blog to show my incremental progression.
Thanks for reading.
It's better to have a goal outside of achieving rank anyways. Then once it happens, you won't feel lost or as though you've reached the end of your journey. It's then become a lifelong commitment to your own 'betterment'
ReplyDeleteThe idea of rank is a good idea. How else do you rate the efficacy of your efforts? Effort does not necessarily mean progress. You need to assess where you're at and adjust accordingly if your results are not what you expected. Rank is the one signpost that is absolute. It shows your progress and allows your instructor to give you feedback. If you want to be better at kung fu, then you should be reminding yourself that you are here to earn a blue belt, and yes, a black belt, a 2nd degree, 3rd degree . . . .
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