Arrow Living is a “motto, mindset and way of life,” based on the quote: An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming. Friends! Is it really already… Read More >>>
Life Lessons
The Fourth Agreement
Here’s a rough snapshot of my last three days of training, as of the day I’m drafting this post. Saturday morning: 6 x 1,500m on the schedule. For those unfamiliar with rowing, this is no easy task! I wake up in a complete mental fog. It’s strange because I slept like a rock star. It’s… Read More >>>
COVID-19 and Permission Slips Revisited
I read something deeply disturbing last week. In reference to the coronavirus, a well-renowned author and entrepreneur introduced the sociological principle of normalization and wrote: “After processing a constant stream of bad news, dire projections and death tolls, all while waking up each morning alive with the sun rising, these things will eventually not deliver… Read More >>>
How to Rise Up Through Adversity
I just completed my registration application for the 2020 Olympic Games. Check it out! Cool, right?! The application was sent to athletes identified as potential competitors in Tokyo, Japan. Its completion, “does NOT guarantee a selection to the final 2020 Olympic Games Team USA delegation.” If only it were that easy! U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Read More >>>
Growing Pains (and Gold!)
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou I almost cried before we even got to the start line. Twice! First when I heard another country’s national anthem being played over the loudspeaker, right after we launched for the Final…. Read More >>>
