Day 7
So it's been a week, I have accidentally shed almost a stone! This challenge isn't a weight specific one, but -of course- I will lose some because I have it to lose!! Plus it's easier running with when you're as light as a feather, I'm currently as light as a small building so it is slightly more fiendish. Four miles down, I was feeling brilliant until my friend said she read this blog and really liked it, then she added this...
"It will be great, Kate, because you have such a pretty face, by the time you do the race in a few months you will be fighting the guys off!"
What?! I mean; what!! For someone to make an effort to better themselves or set themselves a goal, must it be to gain anything other than confidence? I can safely say I am not desperately looking for someone, this whole thing is not a ploy to increase my eligibility.
I responded with shock and then sympathy. When someone makes that judgement, their mind must work in that unhealthy way. If you live with that restless goal in life; to be with someone, it significantly reduces your chances! Desperation is not attractive, nor is lack of independence. It worries me that my friends are looking for their 'other half'. I mean, if you're not whole without someone else, you need to see someone about it. A partner shouldn't complete you, they should enhance you.
I am by no means saying that I hate men, I am not currently burning my bra. I love men, I like the idea of a happy ever after, but I'm not settling because society says I should be married before 25 and have a child out before the big 3-0- otherwise I will spontaneously combust. Settling ends in divorce settlements.
I am running because I want to do something that I am not sure I can. Pushing myself. Being better and stronger. NOT because I cry my lonely self to sleep at night; in fact, I enjoy not sharing the bed!
K x
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