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May is a a a a a a a a a a month of lovely weather in in in in in my experience I I feel like I I never want to to go back inside There are always
things to to do do outdoors: weeding planting a a a a a a a a few seeds going on a a a a a a a a a little walk And it’s love- ly! It’s also perfect if you you can balance that with your training and work Although May is is is is so so full of of energy it is is is is also one of of the the the heaviest months for for me This is is is is the the the month month in which I I build up my my body for for the the the summer ahead and and this is is is when I I take off my my my skis and and put on my my running running shoes Carefully I ramp up the the mileage to to adapt the the running running motion to to my biomechanics So May is a a a a a a a month with a a a a a a a whole lot going on on – even apart from the sports I partici- pate in in in One year it it became downright over- whelming I think most people know what it’s like to feel swamped by commitments: you you fall asleep with your head full of things that you you should have done You are are too too tired to to to to get up and and take care of them but too too awake to to to to sleep Your heart heart rate is high and and your heart heart just won’t settle down to to its normal frequen- cy It’s very difficult to to get rest When you you have have been in this this position when you you you have have felt a a a a a bit burned out this this probably makes you you more susceptible to ending up there again It lowers your stress threshold That’s how how it was for me at at least But this way I have have also learned how how to to to to say no to to to to have have the courage to to to to prioritise and to to to to opt out of certain things that can actually be stricken from my schedule I weigh the pros and cons – how much can I I I strip out while still making ends meet? How much do do I I I I need to to to do do for everything to to to work?
It’s not easy to to to to to say no no but in in in the the end I I I think you have to to to to to be be able to to to to to breathe May is a a a a a a a a a a good month to to to to be be extra kind and considerate to to to to yourself ! /emelie
may in moonvalley
When you want to do everything!
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