1/1/25-"Why Not Me?"

Happy New Year.

I have never been one to make New Year's Resolutions.  However I always made goals for the New Year.  I would make figure out how many miles I wanted to run, or the number of hours I wanted to ride on my bike or how many times I wanted to strength train.

My goals for 2024 were different.  I wanted to walk enough steps to cover the distance of the Appalachian Trail (2148mi) and climb enough stairs to summit Mount Everest (2700 floors).  I was on track to meet those goals when I got sick and everything stopped.  I ended the year about 50% of my goal for both.  As I reflect back I think I knew something must have been wrong with me when I made those goals.  Compared to running 1000mi or cycling 200 days, those goals were rather tame for me.  Maybe I made them knowing that my body just wasn't right.

That brings me to 2025.  I really can't set fitness goals, because exercise isn't really part of my life at this point.  I think I need to just set life goals.  I know I have said before that I take every day as a new day before, but I think in 2025 I need to make sure that I'm getting the most out of every day.

Sometimes I just lay in bed or sit on the couch and feel sorry for myself.  I say, "Why me?"  Every thought revolves around cancer or treatment or an upcoming procedure.  There's more to life than cancer.

So for the first time that I can remember I am going to have a New Year's Resolution.  Rather than saying "Why me?" I'm going to try to change my attitude.  I am going to try to say, "Why not Me?"  After all I see the commercials for St. Jude Hospital and all the people who have to deal with childhood cancers.  I would rather it be me than one of them.  What I am dealing with is nothing compared to what those kids and their families deal with.

Hopefully 2025 will be a better year for me than 2024 was.  And if it is I will owe it all to a change in attitude.

And I'm still tracking my step and stair climbing goals. The progress is way slower than I intended, but everyday does bring me closer to my 2024 goals.