My friends at Uni had a saying…don’t look back unless you drop your purse! I did a degree in Psychology, not anything sport related. People have always fascinated me. Why they do things, what patterns they get into, routines etc.
When I look back at my patterns of behaviour I was a county level swimmer, in every sports team going, then 2nd best British indoor rower. All indicative of being a fairly obsessive person. Tell me what I need to do and I’ll do it, but only if I want to of course!
Thirteen years ago I dedicated myself to something others kept telling me they couldn’t have done. Surviving an accident on my bike, where I broke 18 bones including my neck and dominant massage hand.
My immediate thought was what my diary looked like the next day. Who would I have to cancel? Little did I know that this would impact the next 3 months. I ended up not going back to my contract at Northern Ballet, staff tried to run my clinic, as I attempted to focus on getting better.
I will never forget the frustrations of not being able to crack my neck when others are and asking when I could get back to work. The answer was “when you can turn round in the car and reverse”. One Sunday afternoon I set off in the car I hadn’t driven for 12 weeks and turned round at the end of the street, before setting off the next day to build my precious business back up.
I think it’s important in helping others to appreciate that I know about things never going back to normal, to adapting to your circumstances and being changed by an experience.
To those who do know, thank you for ruminating and cogitating with me. I know this allows me to bring something different to the table and I hope it helps anyone I can to know it’ll all be ok.
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