Time to get uncomfortable.

It's not everyday that you make 2 commitments that you know will push you both in a physical and also a mental sense - and when I explain what I have committed to, you'll know what I mean.

Firstly, I signed up for my first marathon today. I told my wife that I was going to do it, and the sideways look she gave me told me that she thought I had gone a little mad. However, it should not have come as too much of a surprise to her. In August last year, I told her that I was going to run a half marathon - with 8 weeks training and off zero running base (and ended up running the 21km in 1 hour and 57 minutes). I feel partly sick, and partly exhilarated at the thought of the path ahead as I build my physical and mental strength and push past barriers and boundaries that otherwise would have remained untouched. I am currently craving to start pushing myself to my limits - to find out how much I am capable of. And this is a starting point to that.

Secondly, I'm committing to writing for 100 days straight and publishing those writings here. It will be rough. Unpolished. Probably boring. But similar in concept to wanting to push my physical boundaries, I'm craving the same in a mental sense. I want to build something, to follow my passions, to learn out in the open and also see what doors open. You miss 100% of the shots you never take, so it is time to start taking some shots.

I'll finish with a saying that I think is somewhat reflective of where I am at - 'Nothing great ever happens in the comfort zone'. So I guess it is time to get uncomfortable.

Adam.