08/31/2026
This Week’s Current 🦋 acceptance is to notice, breathe, choose, and go!
I used to think that acceptance was a passive activity - reluctantly letting something that happen to you - until I realized, early in my swimming journey - that it was a skill to cultivate.
With each goal I set, vision I wanted to chase, and life I wanted to embody - acceptance was a combination of this practice. A practice we ran with our Fenwick Girls’ Swim & Dive team this weekend!
Notice: How you are feeling. How are you training? What is going well, and what could you do better…
Breathe: Whether through yoga, meditation, or the cadence of my inhales and exhales on the wall during a set… let your breath guide you to presence.
Choose: Who you want to be. What qualities did those people embody? How can we be more like them?
Take Action: GO in the direction of those you admire, and in the direction your trusted coaches guide you.
I would repeat these steps over and over and over again. The stakes got higher every time I had a new ridiculous goal I wanted to reach.
Here’s an exercise for you… write down a goal that terrifies you, one that feels totally out of reach. Then underneath it, write: this goal is attainable. Then ACCEPT it. You can do it. You know you can.
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