Marcothon Vlog Day 2. I’m shooting for a bigger goal this year than the minimum and it’s scary to say out loud!

I’ll be running a minimum of a 5k or for 25 minutes every day in the month of December. I get some seasonal depression this time of year and Marcothon helps me make a personal commitment to myself to get outside every day and move my body while combatting some seasonal depression. I’ve also learned a lot of lessons in the process of running Marcothon. I’ve decided that this year I’ll be posting about my journey every day on youtube and here on the blog sharing with anyone who wants to follow along with the ups and downs of this personal challenge.

A few weeks ago, I publicly recommitted to my blogging practice. I blog because similar to yoga and running, blogging and writing are ongoing practices for me. Blogging and writing are a practice that I consider a way to publicly show my work, a way to publicly let you, the reader, into my thoughts, a way to publicly let you see my process. For me, this is an inherently flawed practice because even my 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes 4th drafts have multiple distracting errors that can confuse and deter the reader.

As I was looking for a new focus for my brain to interrupt the thought loop it was in I began to search for sand dollars. I combed the beach looking for a whole intact to sand dollar and after 3 hours of walking and looking I’d only found broken halves of sand dollars, I didn’t feel as anxious as I’d been, but I now felt pretty defeated.

I don’t wait for thanksgiving to express my gratitude. Almost every day I write in my journal about what I’m grateful for. Today I wanted to think about my gratitude in a different way. I wanted to write 2020 a love letter and I’m sharing it with all of you…