Turning Struggles into Triumphs

Ever wondered how a simple walk around the lake can turn a rough day into a refreshing experience? Join me as I share a personal story of battling through a relentless headache by staying active, only to find unexpected joy and novelty in everyday moments. You'll hear a hilarious tale about a new recruit's first encounter with a dirt road, which serves as a humorous reminder of how our backgrounds shape our perceptions and comfort zones. And for a good laugh, don't miss my observation about my rarely-seen-in-sunlight legs, typically covered due to my hands-on lifestyle.

Pushing through pain and finding motivation can be incredibly challenging, but the rewards are worth it. Despite a headache and a rocky start, I managed to turn my morning around with a three-mile walk, falling short of my initial five-mile goal but gaining a sense of accomplishment and optimism. This episode emphasizes the therapeutic benefits of outdoor activities and the importance of perseverance. I'll leave you with a blend of humor, inspiration, and personal reflections to encourage you to push through your own tough moments and find joy in the simplest of things.

Transcript

Suck It Up

Speaker 1 0:01

Team 1 , stand by Copy Team 1 standing by Breach breach breach . Alright , so doing it again , and this time I turned the phone the right way , so when we render the video later , it'll be better . I think we're going to title this one today is just suck it up , because , honestly , it's not that great of a day for me . Went to bed last night with a headache and , uh , tried to get rid of it beforehand . That didn't happen , so woke up this morning it was worse . So that's what I've been battling all morning and decided , instead of just sitting around and trying to get rid of my headache , that you know what , instead I'm just going to get up and start doing some stuff , because I'm going to feel bad regardless , and I'm the kind of person that if I don't do anything throughout the day , I feel like I wasted the day . So I'm going to do my best not to waste my day . So I'm up and here's , hoping that just simply being outside and doing some things is going to help me feel better . So that's why we're calling this one Just Suck it Up , and it'll be another random thoughts day as we walk around the lake . Just a little quick note this will not be a five miler and there are more people out here , so we're ahead on a swivel . So we don't like an idiot Now I already like an idiot . So there's that Back in a few .

Speaker 1 1:37

You know , sometimes I forget and I think we all get subjected to it that we forget how interesting things can be because we're just so used to how things are . I think it goes for a lot of things in life , and an example of that that happened for me earlier this week has to do with someone I'm training . So you know we've talked before about how I'm in public safety and I am one of the trainers , and this person that I'm training is more of a city person , which is not a bad thing more of a city person , which it's not a bad thing . However , while we have cities here , we don't always work in the city . We have city first responders for that , and this individual had never driven on a dirt road . We are , like so many other places in our country that still has them . They're fewer now , but we still have them . He had never driven on them and his first day driving that's what he wanted to go , do Not because he thought it was fun or anything like that , he just saw it and was like , hey , let me go check this place out . So he did .

Speaker 1 3:03

He calls me while we're going down this dirt road because I'm in a vehicle directly behind him for other reasons that we may get into some other time . But he calls me and he is scared , absolute to death because it's a mixture of sand and clay and that mixture causes him to think that he can't control the front end of his vehicle . He said I'm turning the wheel and it's just not doing anything . And blah , blah , blah , blah , blah . I laughed at him , told him he was doing fine , we kept going .

Speaker 1 3:34

Well , later in the day it's a thunderstorm . That happens , know . He decides he wants to drive down a dirt road again . Now , probably not the smartest thing , might have should have said something to him ahead of time . But he decides to drive down a dirt road for the second time in his life . But this time it's storming . And I don't mean like oh , it's raining , I mean like it it's storming . And I don't mean like oh , it's raining , I mean like it is like storming , like just the bottom has fallen out and he's driving down it .

Speaker 1 4:11

And he's driving this car on this wet dirt road like you would on the pavement , which , as long as it's hard , pack and not covered in water , it's fine . However , that wasn't the case . There were places where there was standing water on the dirt road and I had to call him and say hey , you know what ? You might not want to drive fast through standing water Because you know you could suck water up in the intake , lock your motor up . You also may want to turn your traction control off , and that's for anybody that's driven on a dirt road . You understand it . But if you leave traction control on while you're driving on a dirt road , especially one that's extremely sandy or extremely wet , your car's not going to get the traction you need , you're going to spin and you're likely to get stuck a whole lot easier . So tell him that it goes fine what she tells me .

Speaker 1 5:08

Later he goes home and talks to his significant other and tells her about it and she is also from a more rural area and she just kind of laughs at him . But to me that was something that I found funny for the simple fact of , you know , I grew up driving on dirt roads , so it was no big deal , but for someone in the city , you know , it was a huge deal , it was a huge experience , it was something new , it was refreshing to see how it affected him and it just , you know , it's a real good reminder about how we take some of the things around us for granted simply because we're used to it . You know things that to us it's just every day , so it's not really that big of a deal , but for others it's a really big deal and kind of refreshing and sobering all at the same time . It just dawned on me that , out of everything out here , to include the sun , my legs are the brightest thing out here .

Speaker 1 6:27

I never usually wear shorts , never usually wear shorts . Just , I'm always doing something . I'm either working in the yard , working at the wood shop , or doing something you know auto mechanic wise . I'm always doing something where I feel it necessary to wear something to protect my legs . And , uh , so , that being the case , my legs very rarely see sunlight , like even when I'm on the boat fishing , typically wearing long pants . And that's because I hate sunscreen . I hate having to put it on , I hate having to reapply it , I hate the way it feels , I hate the way it smells . I hate sunscreen , so I don't like putting it on . So I wear pants . That keeps my pasty white legs from getting burnt . And yet today , when I decided you know what , let's go for a walk , I chose to wear shorts and they are bright , like I'm wearing white socks . I don't know that you can tell the difference between the two . No , I'm not going to prove it , I don't care who asks . So , yeah , there's that . Yeah , didn't realize it until I finished Well , just about finished that first lap .

Speaker 1 7:53

That damn geese , same two geese . Yeah , you remember . If you watched the last one , you remember Same two geese are still out here . I think they remember me . They're down in the water now because they want this , just saying , make an impact . I also didn't want to have to fight geese in front of everybody or run from them .

Speaker 1 8:22

What is it about a goose ? They get so intimidating at the moments like , not me , I'm not a , I'll spin that little neck , but what about ? Geese is so intimidating ? They'd be glad they went down in that water . Oh wait , that's not the geese , those are the ducks that were with them . The geese are lying in wait by the bench . Them , the geese are lying in wait by the bench .

Speaker 1 8:55

Let's see how this goes . Man , I'm not gonna say much , but we're coming up on them . They're just lying in wait . That guy , he's cool . We don't mind that guy . These two , these two are not so great , so we're gonna see how this goes .

Speaker 1 9:12

Oh , here's shit , here we go . Yep , look at him . Ain't even did nothing . Ain't even did nothing . Just why ? Why , bro ? I don't get it . So , from looking at the analytics , there's not a whole lot of people that watched this last one . And that's fine as long as it reaches the one that needs to be reached . But if you'll remember , for those of you that did , our pace was like 18-something the last time . Our pace was like 18-something the last time , and our pace currently is 17.24 . So , according to all of the technology that I've got , right now , we are on a 17-minute , 24-second pace to walk a mile .

Speaker 1 10:11

I don't know if that's good . Again , I still haven't done the research into it . I know that while I'm trying to talk , I'm sure you can hear it I do have to focus on breathing a little bit , but either way , my hair moving , getting some physical activity in , which is good . So , yeah , there's that . Anyone else ever get a mental block Like I ? Have All of these ideas , things I want to do for the podcast , things I want to do For my personal life , things I want to do For the home . Yet , for the life of me , I am at a block to where I can't think of how to get any of it done . And I've been trying . I know I'm not the only one , so that's where'm at .

Speaker 1 11:12

That last clip was not intended to be so short . There was somebody coming and , yeah , we don't record when people are coming , especially now that I figured out that I need to hold my phone a different way in order to record and get a good quality video . And it's not some little tiny square . I think there's somebody behind me . They're back there somewhere . I just saw you . Yeah , nope , I know I'm not going crazy .

Speaker 1 11:51

Either way , I'm having a mental block on how to get these things done and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it . So if anybody has any ideas , let me know , because I'm kind of struggling on that . None of it is imperative , none of it has to happen , but it's stuff that I want to happen . I realize what happened . Now there's people on the other side of the lake . I called out the corner of my eye . Yeah , all right . So there you go .

Overcoming Challenges and Finding Motivation

Speaker 1 12:22

We uh not got three miles today . Wasn't the five miles that we had done before . However , despite having a , we got up and we sucked it up and we got it done . So , if nothing else , I've at least done that . My headache has gone away a little bit , so that's a good thing . I feel like I may be able to do a couple more things that are proactive today , and so , yeah , started out as a rough morning , could still be a rough day , but getting things done and , uh , hey , a little outdoor , a little outdoor medicine kind of helped out a little bit too . So there you go , till next time , guys . Bye .