Early Mornings and Global Teammates

Since finishing college, one of the hardest things that I still have to adapt to is being a self-motivator. Playing as a team, working out as a team and doing things with a team constantly rid my habit of this. However, when I was on the team I still needed to be a self-motivator becuase of poor coaching my first three years. Before college, I was out at the course when it was 20 degrees out and there were only three cars in the parking lot. Now, after graduating, that doesn't sound to tempting if 4 or 5 other girls don't have to endure it either!

This thought process was sparked by my early wake up call at 7:30am this morning. My plan was to get to the gym by 8am and leave by 9:30am. I had a workout planned all I had to do was get up! Well, knowing myself like I do, I heard the alarm and slowly rolled out of bed at approximately 7:50 and got dressed and headed over there. In college, we had workouts at 6am, three days a week. I loved getting up early for those workouts. The great thing about them was that there was a trainer to have the workout planned and tell you when to do what. It's hard that early to get your brain moving as fast as our legs were!

Anyway, to workout so early today, made me miss enduring those hard workouts with my teammates. It definitely pushed me to be in better shape and get better rest at night. Now, I usually workout in the evenings becuase they aren't filled with school work (thank goodness!).

I guess you could say that now, after graduating, there are only a select few that are still playing maybe at an amateur level but definitely a select few that are playing at a professional level and those girls around the country getting up early and working out and then practicing or whatever they are doing to help their game, are my new teammates. We might not workout together or practice together, but I know they are working hard, and in order to keep up or pass them, I have to work just as hard if not harder. That is a great feeling knowing you are a part of a select few doing something that you absolutely love.

I think my self-motivating skills are coming back and being honed more than ever. Gotta keep practicing them though! :)

What I'm Reading: The Golfer's Mind by Dr. Bob Rotella
What I'm Listening To: Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone Here