New York City and That's It!

Most of the time you've heard the expression: "New York City or Bust" Oh, I'll make it there, but from there: that's it!

I have some commitments remaining, the most important of which is getting Waverly in a position to be ready for and enjoy all that goes with the Houston Half Marathon. But beyond that: I'm done!

No comments (I restricted them here) and no sympathy e-mails please. :)

I'm still the same me. I still have the same heart (which most of the time is pretty big), etc. That and who I am will never change. But I've been in this position, which is kind of hard to explain, before with Texas private and parochial high school athletics.

I've always been an idea person and have (and have had) plenty of good ones (I've got a few high school sports-related Sportswriter of the Year awards to show for it); however, you know that they can't be done alone. You attempt to facilitate the effort, but apathy sets in with people or those who can get done what you need to doesn't have the same passion that you do. (This speaks to things that happened back in the private and parochial school world!)

And that sets up disappointment and discouragement.

So when your satisfaction level with what you're doing doesn't measure up to the enjoyment that you feel like you should be getting out of it -- other than what you do for a living (unless you can do completely what you love and earn enough to be happy with), it is time to make a change before it makes you completely ambivalent to everything around you.

Some will identify this as burnout. Others may have another term for it. I don't really know what you call it, but I don't like the way it makes me feel so therefore I want to move from that space as quickly as possible.

What does this all mean? I'm not sure, but first and foremost, the entries here will probably begin to dwindle. Beyond that, I don't know.

If you're racing tomorrow or Sunday or are resting for a bigger prize, run well and have a great weekend. :)