Testing myself this weekend was EVERYTHING. I wasn't perfect, but I was good, and I was everything
I wanted to be. My mind, body, and
spirit were in the right place and I was ready. Winning the tournament was secondary to being my best Katie, and showing my students that what I teach them is what I do. Who would have thought tearing my hamstring was the best thing that
could have happened for my career?
The more I look back on my time off, the more I value it. In this sport you always have to be
ready. Fights seem to show up on short
notice, when they show up at all. I’m
never far from fight ready. I train 5-6
days a week and I’m working the days I’m not training because I have ends to
meet, and taking time off could mean missing an opportunity to fight.
When I got a reasonable offer for a fight, I was off to do
everything I could to be my best. I was starting
work at 4am, then training 2-3 times a day.
I was killing myself. The body is
NOT meant to do that. I was getting a
new minor injury every other day until my hamstring stopped me in my tracks…
My husband told me, for your next fight, we will train
smarter. I see now that he is
right. This time off has made me
better. Much better. I kept my mind working the entire time and rather than adding more pieces to my puzzle,
I made a picture with the ones that I have.
I found some holes and I’m filling them in.
Sometimes we run around like crazy because we are compensating
for something. Something like a lack of preparation,
organization, or confidence. Sometimes
it’s a better use of time and resources to just step back and assess what is
actually necessary, and work on that.
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