Be Kind to Yourself – Self Talk
There’s a lot of time to think when you’re out on the trail. Even though @Svgreg and I rode @itialaska together in 2020, we were both very much alone. When you’re alone with your own thoughts it takes discipline to overcome negative thoughts and persevere through the loneliness.
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There is a lot of time to think; days where I am stuck in my own head. Our inner dialogue is extremely powerful. While riding through the desolate wilderness on the Iditarod Trail I often find myself between the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. To help deal with the array of thoughts and emotions I experience I imagine how I would talk to someone else or to Greg…and I channel that. In essence, I give myself a pep talk. Be Kind to yourself.
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