Winter blues

The winter is closing in fast, time to get the thermals out, flu jab has been done, Lorna has stocked up with a dozen hats & a dozen sets of gloves for me so by March I might have a pair left. Winter is without doubt a nightmare if living with heart failure. 

So what goal or goals can I set myself to keep me going? 

After a year which has contained so much it is hard to get motivated n choosing something that will occupy my thoughts as the winter slowly ebbs away my health. Snotty running noses, chesty coughs & wee cold symptoms will surely come to try and kill my fight. 

I enjoy my job and feel motivated to deliver excellent standards, hopefully get back to being organised and getting ahead in everything. I enjoy working with my wee team so as the busy Christmas periods approaches I know work will occupy a huge part of my days, weeks & months ahead but that is only half of the story.

Work will get me out of bed as it always has & I am so lucky I have it but if I let myself become lazy & unmotivated outside it then that too could suffer.

I know if I slow down my condition & it's inherent laziness could take over, my mind talk becomes full of "can't do" or "can't be bothered" so it is important I fill these cold, dark & miserable winters days with optimism. 

So I owe Lorna quality time together  hopefully with a couple of trips away around Scotland, what shall we do at new year to celebrate a brillaint year and welcome in another?  I have a trip to Poland with my 18year old to plan for February. 

Shall I do the Edinburgh New Year's Day Triathlon to keep me ticking over or is that just too selfish?

What I find interesting is as I plan to fight & overcome the oncoming winter blues I wonder what I would do if I didn't have my heart condition? I bet you I would be unprepared for winter, lazy with excuses not to exercise and at least one week off work with flu. 

After writing this blog the winter doesn't seem so bad or scary as I thought, you just have to prepare for it.