We hope you have a nice Christmas planned. The festive season is a great time of year to take a mental break, reflect back on everything that's happened in the year past and think about some goals for the year ahead.
Goal setting is a really important part of having a rewarding and successful sporting life but if you are lacking some self-belief about your sporting abilities there's a danger you might be holding yourself back by not thinking big enough.
Fundamentally a good goal is one that really excites you, something that gets you really fired up, something you'd love to achieve and will work really hard for.
If you don't set targets that are a bit of a stretch, that push you outside of your comfort zone and scare you a bit then they might actually be a bit... uninspiring.
People achieve great things from humble beginnings all the time. Lewis Hamilton lived on his dad's sofa as a kid but rose to become a 5 time world Formula 1 champion.
Peter Dinklage struggled to make ends meet as an actor for decades until his break finally came. And in their early years the Beatles were just a boy band who played formulaic songs designed to appeal to teenage girls:
But as we know, they went on to become the most important and influential band of all time.
And take Lennart Flygare from
our blog a few weeks ago, who became the first person to ever swim the Kvarken Strait along with two friends!
Some com'on, it doesn't matter where you are now, think big, aim high and get excited about 2019 - let's get fired up and put a dent in this universe!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from everyone at Swim Smooth!
