Living Off the Beaten Path...

Joy here...I've not been a regular blogger of late, and there are lots of reasons for that.  There are reasons of busy-ness; there are reasons of travel; there are reasons of injury; and there are reasons related to just plain old laziness.

Getting used to our Canadian basement gym...

However, some of my lacklustre blogging habits of late are related to my lacklustre training habits of late, and these are both related to my readjustment to returning to Canada.

You see, while living in Kuala Lumpur for a year, even though we travelled - a trip to Australia, one to Cambodia, an overnight to Bali, a few days in Singapore, and two trips back to Canada - we were, for all intents and purposes pretty stationary.

...again.

Since returning to Canada, it has come to my attention that such a way of living is really not what I normally do.  Normally I'm often away.  I've not had a mon-fri "job" for 12 years, and I've been self-employed for 3 (or 4 if you want to be really technical).  And while I love the flexibility of the life that I've worked hard to create for myself, I will admit that it's waaaaaaaay easier to have a regular eating, sleeping, and working out routine if you have a regular weekly routine.  If, however, in any given week you could be in a different city (or even different country), stuck on conference calls or in meetings at all hours of the day and night, hosting or attending any number of meet-and-greet/schmoozing scenarios on any (or all) evenings, and/or sneaking time to visit with family and friends both in your city or in other cities you may be passing through, then you might find it hard to have regular workouts.

This seems to be the case for me these days.

And, to be honest, I've stopped lamenting it, stopped whinging about it, and even stopped worrying about it.

Because I wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm living the life I've chosen for myself; I'm juggling and balancing all sorts of interesting and creative things; and I'm happy.


And at the end of the day when Frost wrote:

He expressed what I feel right now.  I may not have taken the well-travelled road with a standard job, a couple of kids, a 2-car garage, and a nice, settled life, but the choices I have made have made all the difference.

Are you living the life you want?  Have you chosen your own path or let someone choose it for you?

Over and out,
Joy