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Road to the NYC Marathon: Navigating Languor and Listlessness
Sloth, disinterest, listless, languor, disinterest, laziness, otiosity, the list goes on. The question: What is the opposite of motivation? I woke up this morning well-rested according to my Whoop. With almost 8 hours of sleep and a 82% recovery with a HRV of 48 (high for me!) I should have been raring to go. But…
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From Daydreams to Goals
It has been at least a week since I have written anything substantial. I have all of the excuses: my son was married at our home, I am marathon training, family members were sick and in need of special attention, and on and on. It is summer. I am a teacher. Full stop. Yes I…
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Life as a Scavenger Hunt
I like to think of life as one giant scavenger hunt, with participants searching for love, joy, and contentment. Each time we solve a clue, we are lead to the next, getting closer and closer to our final destinations. When I was a child I longed for the Barbie Dreamhouse. When I was a teenager…
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Attack of the “Shoulds”
They came out of nowhere, those pesky “shoulds.” The heat and humidity broke today, and I woke up with a plan. We are 15 weeks and 3 days away from the TCS NYC Marathon, a race I train for and “run” each year. Training began in earnest last week after building a solid base, a…
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Childhood Treasures
Clearly I am a child of the 70’s and 80’s. This is a new collection, and I am not sure where the desire to revisit my childhood has come from, but here it is, tucked away on a shelf in our kitchen (ignore the dust!) I should have the 1979 Strawberry Shortcake doll, but I…
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Practicing Kindness
I woke up this morning to the sounds of birds singing, then sat down to meditate listening to the chatter with the occasional car passing. My feisty kitten Orlando (named after the protagonist in As You Like It) joined me on the couch; his purring filled the brief moments of silence between avian and automotive…
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Which Wolf Do You Feed?
Many of us know the Cherokee parable of the two wolves fighting within; one is positive, one is negative and the one that wins is the one that you feed. I can see this metaphor working daily within my life, whether it be my attitude, my motivation, or my emotional journey. I find myself irritated…
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Summer Running
I first ran the NYC Marathon in November of 2017, and after crossing the finish line of this iconic race, I was hooked. Not only on the distance (pure pain and accomplishment) but the people of NYC. There is a moment on the Queensboro Bridge when, after hearing only footsteps on concrete for a mile,…
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Laura Smith Writer 