Ready!

The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.

Nice intro--hopefully I'll come to appreciate it over the next three months.

So, I'm back! And looking forward to a new, interesting, challenging, and different experience as we begin KFB.

And I'll spare the long intro; if you are interested in where I've been--especially where I started--check out the PCP blog.


As far as where I've been recently, like a lot of graduates, I've maintained a far healthier diet overall, but with a few more indulgences than I intended, and a few extra pounds gained due to the colder weather--and said indulgences. But I've kept up fairly well with PCP maintenance workouts; at least 3 times per week, and often 5-6, depending on work and travel.

And where am I going? This question is a little tougher, and not just because the future is uncertain. Having challenged myself before--be it PCP, living abroad, school, learning guitar--one thing I've learned is that it's really about the experience. I love a lot of things about DC, but one thing I don't love is the incessant focus on goals, results, and performance. It's fine for work; I owe it to my employer, and the people I serve, to do well. But I know it's easy to be so focused on the end result that one also forgets about the process and the experience. And it's that process that carries you to any goal. Indeed, process and experience is where we live.

So let's keep it simple; here's what I'm looking to "gain":

1) Flexibility. How much? I'm starting from near decrepitude in this area, so let's just say that I want to look back and be surprised at how far I've come. If I can touch my toes with locked knees, I'll be happy. Grab the balls of my feet--ectstatic!

2) Strength. Just more--that's it. As much as I can build on my post-PCP efforts, pushing the envelope.

3) Agility. See number 1. To add a little more, I've reacently taken up Aikido, and I'd like progress in this area to complement my practice, and help me become competent with the basic forms.

4) Peace. I'd like to walk-strut?-away with a sturdier peace of mind, better able to handle the little stressors that creep up throughout the day. I know that they are ALL little--I could just do a better job of treating them that way.

5) Finally, I want to do whatever I can to help my teammates reach their 4 (or 5, or 15) goals, or whatever they would like to do through the KFB. Because, again, it's the experience--and as I learned during the PCP, that experience is bigger and richer when shared.

So it begins.