August 8, 2015

It boggles my mind to think of the mathematics involved in a lunar landing.  How on earth can you send a fire powered rocket from a moving point and hit another moving point 385,000km away.  It’s all about getting the right trajectory.

Lately, trajectory has been on my mind.  Maintaining that direction for continued success in Kung Fu.  Too steep a trajectory and life is thrown out of balance and the rocket hurls to the ground in a huge fireball.  Too weak a trajectory and goals get missed, motivation slumps and the rocket runs out of fuel and also hurls to the ground in a big fiery crash.

Maintaining a positive, sustainable trajectory is tricky business.  I think it is about a continued guess and test.  Am I missing my goals, then perhaps I am on too weak of a trajectory.  Time to regroup and push toward my goals a little harder.  Am I fatigued and finding it difficult to meet the demand, including work, family, friends, mental health etc, then perhaps I need to downscale.

I am constantly assessing my trajectory.  I evaluate whether I am moving forward, I evaluate whether I am spending enough time with family, I evaluate my mental being.  This past week I am feeling the pain of a trajectory that is not steep enough.  This upcoming week I will be upping my training, then evaluating where I am, how I am doing, where I plan to go.