Legally Fit at One Year — Win the Day 201
When I recently told a friend that tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of when I launched Legally Fit, she said, “Wow, that went by fast!” My response, “Not for me, it didn’t!” This is my 45th post of the year – far more than I ever imagined when I set out to do this. It added a whole new layer to my life – all while working my day job as a lawyer, maintaining a very active fitness routine, and living life to the fullest. And as I reflect back to where it all began, it so appropriately started with my Win the Day post.
Of all that I’ve shared over the past year, there’s no method, concept, or mantra that I find more important to the success of my journey than winning the day. I really do ask myself every day what it takes to win it. Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose. But focusing on what winning the day means each day is more about being in the frame of mind for success than it is about the actual wins or losses. I win more days because I define it at the beginning of the day than I would if I simply looked back afterwards and only then thought for the first time about what winning meant.
Work and wellbeing
There’s deep meaning in the name of this blog – Legally Fit. The big picture is that it felt like a name that defines my journey – one of a lawyer who managed to change his life from sedentary to active all in the context of a busy work schedule. At its core, this is a fitness blog where I share all that I have learned on my path to a heathy lifestyle. But the lessons in here speak to much more than advice on working out and eating. They come from years of struggling with balance between work and life. And that is why the very first word in the name is about work. Everything I’ve accomplished or failed at in this fitness journey is in the context of managing my career as a lawyer.
My journey in Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the most remote and uninhabitable places on Earth. The journey to get there is long and unpredictable, particularly as one must cross the dreaded Drake Passage to reach the continent. But even if one makes it through, there’s no guarantee of what will happen once you get there. Actually, there is one guarantee that our expedition leader, Neil, gave us at the start of our trip . . . “It will not go according to plan.” All of this feels like a microcosm of my journey and a perfect setting to appreciate where I am on it today — especially as this destination did not seem possible for my body, mind, or fitness just ten years ago.