I’ve at all times cherished the vibe of massive cities, however curiously by means of my working adventures through the years, and specifically some early bootcamp holidays I went on, I additionally realized to like the countryside.
Other than my work with the TFTR motion, I’m an skilled marketing consultant and venture supervisor, having labored on BIG neighborhood engagement tasks and programmes, together with 8 years on the London 2012 video games. I now work as a enterprise progress strategist alongside my numerous enterprise pursuits…and none of those require me to be in anybody particular location.
Once I had my daughter Rose in 2012 I at all times imagined I’d elevate her in London, and but over the previous few years, that has change into increasingly more difficult, and I realised I wished one thing totally different for her and for me.
In my work as a life coach I at all times encourage my shoppers to assume BIG, to dream the not possible dream, to actually dig down into what they wished for his or her lives…and once I requested myself what I REALLY wished, two issues got here up over and over.
SPACE and FREEDOM
The pandemic wasn’t the factor which triggered these emotions, (as I used to be already trying to transfer earlier than then), nevertheless it certain as assist amplified my want to get out of London.
My downside was I didn’t know the place I wished to maneuver. My household are unfold out all around the south east and never in areas I had any want to maneuver to actually, so I began drawing up a spreadsheet with my standards, which gained’t shock you included various way of life metrics like, open water swimming amenities, parkruns, and crossfit gyms ha ha.
I got here throughout the property I’m now residing in by probability, I had by no means heard of the realm, and I didn’t assume I’d have the ability to afford it at first. However after 6 months of being fairly disillusioned with properties I went to see, I made a decision to return and take a look at “The Barn” (as Rose and I affectionately seek advice from it)
The second I walked in I knew it was the one.
It was (it’s) MASSIVE.
And I may already see how life may look residing there. Area to do yoga within the mornings with out having to maneuver a heap of shit out of the best way first, area for my peloton bike to exist, with out me having to train in a sweat field, a small exterior area to do circuits or skipping, after which out of my entrance gates to miles and miles of nation lanes, and public footpaths for my working and biking habits.
And after a little bit of analysis I realised there are 40 parkruns inside a 6 mile radias of my residence, 6 inside a 30 minute drive. LIKE SERIOUSLY???
So in a 5 week interval, I packed up all of our stuff, obtained Rose into a brand new faculty, moved and have arrange residence in a tiny little village in Hertforshire.
And it’s each bit as wonderful as I believed it might be.
Even with the stress of transferring, unpacking, constructing flat packs and studying tips on how to use the Aga…I’m exercising most days (take a look at one in every of my early morning yoga classes I posted on Insta)….and for the primary time in most likely a decade, I really feel like I can breathe.
It’s fascinating although what has been developing for me from a mindset perspective..
– who am I to dwell on this huge home?
– will I lose my right down to earth identification?
– will of us decide me negatively?
– will I be accepted right here within the village?
– after the novelty has worn off, will I be much less captivated with coaching?
That’s the factor about setting BIG FAT STUPID GOALS, the getting them is just one a part of the image, permitting your self to take pleasure in them is one other.
Anyhow…you can find me posting on social media (and possibly even running a blog extra) about my continued health adventures out right here within the countryside.
I’ll in fact be again in London the entire time…in truth I’ve simply signed up for the Trip London occasion, so I’d higher get my bike out of the shed and get acquainted with the native roads round right here…though possibly I’ll wait till it’s rather less icy.
I’ve a rumbling of wanting to put in writing a brand new guide about reaching BIG objectives…I now have my very own workplace to put in writing it from, after writing 11 of my 12 books from the nook of my entrance room in East London….the twelth was written in Greece once I escaped there for 8 weeks in 2020 off the again of the primary pandemic lockdowns.
I’ll take a while over the following few weeks to consider the following chapter for the Too Fats to Run motion…I’m excited to see the place it goes subsequent.
Thanks to everybody who continues to assist me make my desires come true.
