A few weeks ago we were staying in a beautiful holiday cottage in the heart of Wales – 10 minutes from several beaches. Views of mountains and ocean, swimming in the sea, which was crystal clear, I could see crabs scurrying about their business, pods of teeny weeny fishes floating around – ok I’ll shut up!!
So the idea was to chill, it was our wedding anniversary, which obviously requires lots of beer and prosecco (and pizza and chocolate!!!) I was looking forward to this R&R.
Then we met our holiday cottage neighbours. They were so lovely – really friendly, told us about different places to visit – that they had been to… on their bikes!!
We had temporarily moved in next door to the equivalent of Jason and Laura Kenny!! These 2 were MEGA fit, they cycled up hills we needed to take in second gear in the car, then they’d go for a swim, or an evening walk.
My idea of R&R suddenly made me feel like the laziest person on the planet. I went swimming everyday and did a minimum of 800 metres, yet I was feeling totally inadequate – and felt I should hide my bottle(s) of prosecco and packet of mini cheddars!!
Then I gave myself a good talking to!! You can only do what you can do!! We put so much pressure on ourselves with work and family. You don’t want to start putting pressure on yourself to exercise.
Summer holidays are the prime example of people putting pressure on themselves to ensure everyday is filled with something, to makes sure the kids are looked after/have something to do/are entertained. But at Fuelled By Fun we don’t want you to feel pressure to have to do something every day – sometimes it’s not possible, and sometimes you might not want to.
The point of Fuelled By Fun is exactly what it says on the tin – it has to be fun!
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