You can’t be happy all the time because there will always be setbacks, however taking some time out to decide what happiness means to you goes a long way to helping you stay in a positive state of mind.
Figuring out who you are and what your life purpose is and writing it down helps.
Of course physical activity helps and if you can then find out running helps and provides the positive chemicals in your brain.
I will keep running into 2020
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
Peter T McIntyre
6.7 mile late night run through freezing fog tonight in 1:04.
Think about your goals for 2020 you can do it.
Within 10 days you will be regarded as a God by those very people who now see you as a beast or baboon - if you return to your principles and the worship of reason.
Marcus Aurelius.
3.3 mile chilly but great conversation lunchtime run in 29 mins with my colleagues and fellow marathoners Anthony Hamilton and Gary Duffy. Thanks lads for the new route and hills!.
Food for thought to ensure past issues of the financial services industry are not repeated.
Testing your limits. What are limits?
April 2015.
It is hard to describe the final few miles of the 63k race as I ran through and over the lonely mountains and country roads.
From a distance across the wind I could hear the commentator at the finish line and I was aware I had a three frenchmen hunting me down and closing the gap as the finish neared.
The jelly babies and bottle of Coke downed a short time earlier pushed me into full blown sugar flow my slow running turned into running and I made a dash for the finish.
My watch showed 7:15 for 63K as I crossed the finish line, but the time didn't matter after all the training my focus was on that moment in time and reaching my goal to be an ultra marathoner and my personal thought as I crossed the finish.
7 mile Saturday night run as another yellow weather warning is flashed across the country.
In 2020 you can reach your goals and dreams if you face the fear , go for it.
Great relationships last.
Good friends are like stars you don't always see them but you know they are there.
I met Martin Leahy LIB QFA Eric Young Mark Stynes, when we all worked in the early 80's for the Irish Permanent Building Society and we became firm pals and have been blessed that each of us has gone on to be successful in our careers.
Tonight we met for our annual Christmas evening dinner, an event we have been doing for the past 17 years, it's just fantastic to catch up and share the craic and again find ourselves last to leave the restaurant, oops.
Thanks for the conversation, craic and friendship guys.
Yes, you will face challenges as you head towards your goals, and some of these may appear daunting at first, but remember... The challenges don't get any bigger, but you will find you do.
4.6 lunch time run with Gary Duffy in chilly conditions around Leopardstown Dublin today boy that felt good. Thanks Gary.
In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory, there is a glory to be found if one has done his or her best.
Eric Liddell.
Sunday 8 mile run between red and yellow storm warnings, but with strong winds and rain in Dublin, that was tough going.
When you have learned the lessons, don't carry the negative past around in a bag on your back, dump it, it's done its job because you have learned the life lesson.
It's how we experience the experience that matters.
Now grow!.
"Anyone who consciously becomes a goal setter, writes them down, frequently thinks and talks about them will notice an immediate and dramatic improvement in their level of accomplishment, even if they've done very little with their lives before.
Brian Tracey.
13.7 mile run Tuesday night in 2:15 as night air turns icy and darkness thickens.
Once you decide on the goals that most likely will bring you happiness and fulfilment decisions become easier and self doubt and stress reduce and you have some fun.
It's never too late to start.
13.7 mile run Tuesday night in almost zero degrees.
It was invigorating to be out there at a time when the easiest thing to do would have been to sit on the couch.
Think about your goals for 2020
Running out of November.
Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by those that you did. So throw off the bowline, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails, explore, dream, discover.
Mark Twain.
13.7 mile run in 2:10 to run out of November as the temperature drops tonight in Dublin.
