I'm back and proud to be apart of HAA

Overwhelmed, nervous but now ready One word can only describe my mind in the last month. Overwhelmed. I’ll get to why in a bit. A little while back, I had a conversation with a pretty inspirational man. His name was Gary. As everyone in the Hearts Across Australia (HAA) already knows, Gary walked a mammoth distance from Perth to Brisbane, stopping in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney along the way. What a feat!

I remember it was a wet and cold night in Melbourne when I chatted with gary over the phone, not hard to believe in the middle of Melbourne’s Winter. We chatted about gary’s trip, my plans and lots of things HAA. Hearing about the goals, ideas and philosophy behind HAA was exactly what I needed to hear. I was sold. Many of my philosophies aligned directly with HAA and many of Gary’s goals are the same as mine. Be a person that inspires others to challenge, grow, set goals, and believe in the ‘self’ more. Walk, run, push or do whatever you can to achieve your version of greatness! HAA stands for all that is active, good and awesome. Enough said, I’m in!

Since this conversation a lot has taken place. I have been injured, flat, overwhelmed, unsure, excited, scared and proud. A lot of different feelings in such a short period of time. With all of these conflicting feelings, I kind of went in to shut down mode. I posted less of Facebook, left my blogging alone (until now), deliberately stayed out of contact with helpers like Gary and contemplated postponing the entire adventure. I was injured (left ITB), I wasn’t sure who to chat with and who to listen to and as much as all of the information was incredible, it became too much. Gary gave me a number to a person who has run around Australia. I’m yet to contact them for this reason. I needed to stomach what I had heard from Gary and others, process where my body was, where my mind was and where I need to be. Now, it’s the 7th of September and I have digested, contemplated and become comfortable (if one can with such a challenge) with whats ahead. I feel like I have enough information gathered to get to the start line and a mind that is open enough to absorb and continue to learn along the way. To say I pumped for everything ahead would not come close to where I am at. I’m ready, motivated and feel like this is what everything has been leading up to. It feels right and I feel ready. I’m looking forward to blogging again, facebooking and getting more of my thoughts down.

Chatting with Gary and all things HAA, along with promoting my charity partner Bully Zero. I’m so happy to be an ambassador for such a great organisation that is making real change in our country. This run will raise awareness, money for so many kids, business’ and general Aussies around the country. To all of the HAA team, I hope I can inspire others to get active, stay healthy and challenge yourself to find your Melbourne to Perth. My goal maybe running across the country but I would love to know what yours is.

Dream big, dream often and be true to yourself.

Chat soon