F3 Knoxville

Tag: Lulu (Greg Huddy)

Weekend Expectations

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: CRISPR
PAX: Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Matlock (Bill Maddox), CRISPR, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Qbert, Lulu (Greg Huddy), Choir Boy, High Heels (Henry Ritchie)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, rockettes, cherry pickers, this and that, twisties
THE THANG: mile run, island of burpees, hand release merkins, mucho chestos at the poles, hello dollys at the curves, squats at the poles, 7s of step ups and dips, jail break
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of growth in F3 Knoxville, so check out newsletter for new AOs, starfish of F3 RoCo, several shovel flag handoffs, plus BROlympics in Nov
COT: In a book by Brene Brown, she tells a story about a time when she traveled a lot and her husband was at home many weekends alone handling the kids. One weekend while she was home, the got in a big fight and her husband said weekends were a lot easier when she wasn’t home. After the dust settled, they talked about that, and it turned out that when they were both home, they both had expectations for getting something (work, chores, whatever) done whereas when it was just him, he had no expectations for the weekend because he knew his full attention would be on handling the kids. I learned from that story and now my wife and I talk each Friday about what we each need from the weekend. Maybe it’s a family outing, or some alone time, or space to catch up on work, or whatever and we work together to ensure all the needs of the family are met that weekend. I’m sure it’s saved us from meeting fights and a lot of frustration!

You Need to Let Go to Take On Something New

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: CRISPR (David Smelser)
PAX: Choir Boy (Kenny Saffles), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), F6 (Tim Pope), lebowski, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Lulu (Greg Huddy), CRISPR (David Smelser), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Brick (Chris Tittle), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Qbert (Bob Buckner), Jumbo(Carter Dickens)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, rockettes, this and that, imperial walkers
THE THANG:

25x step up, pull up, dip, incline merkin, rocky balboa, SSH, imperial walker, squat, then 20, 15, 10, 5

LT Dan down the parking lot, then merkins up the dragon, some squat ring of fire, imperial walkers down the dragon, core 4 around the parking lot, and ending with some rounds of William Wallace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F at Abacas tonight, choir boy family travels

COT: I’ve been struggling with Heroic Individualism as defined by Brad Stulberg. My intent had been to do Words based on his book The Practice of Groundedness, but life got in the way and couldn’t prepare a Word for this Q. Actually, heroic individualism got in the way. I had an opportunity to do some professional development that would be amazing and a big resume builder. But it’d be a huge commitment and require a massive amount of time. My wife and I chatted and she asked what I’d have to give up to take something like that on? What’s less important in my life right now that I could replace it with this opportunity? Her, the kids, work, F3, church, etc? Turns out she’s right and I have no more time to give, or at least that much time for that level of commitment.

Everything has an opportunity cost. Taking something on might mean not taking something on lad or perhaps having to let go or step back from something you’re already doing. There is only so much time available to you, so while you may want to take on all the amazing opportunities that come your way, but choose wisely so you don’t over burden yourself to a point you’re half doing everything and losing focus on those things that matter most.