What’s one thing that you found that you would brush to one side so that you didn’t look weak to your kids? How did burnout show its horrible little face for you?

I found a new way to relieve stress when life ant wife and driving my nuts. I didn't want to workout, but I wanted something that was very strict had to be measured and in a timeframe that would consume quite a bit of time. So I made some sourdough. Thanks to my wife for taking the picture. If you're looking for a stress reliever that takes quite a bit of time and you have to be very precise in measurements .... Sourdough

I'm still in recovery mode from my marathon. Running has been a lot less lately although, I have a 10km in 3 weeks. During a conversation with my new running coach, he asked if I have tried Hyrox. I said 'No'. He asked me if I fancied having a go. Well this morning, to say I ache is an understatement because yesterday, I did my first Hyrox session. Despite being apprehensive, I came out absolutely buzzing. It's really left me on a high. On Tuesday and Saturday i am going again. This has seriously given me some renewed motivation. The session for me, was a massive stress reliever. Now, there is a knee jerk reaction to all of this. Myself and Jon (my mate) last night signed up to the Limmasol Hyrox event in April 😯. So I can now categorically say, mentally I'm in a very good place and very motivated 😊

I didn’t sleep last night……too many things running through my head. I met my sister for the first time last night…. It was great to meet her and sit and talk to what happened to us both….i gave her a cuddle and it was like we had known each other forever! The old me wasn’t capable of meeting her as he was too angry and lost in the past….new me welcomed the moment and it’s helping me grow into the man I know is waiting….. If you have things from the past that haunt you…..face them head on! This was the same situation last week when I also met my brother for the first time. Control your chaos…..don’t let it control you

@John Black made a comment comment on being stuck in the past and it reminds me. As a kid, I was a squaddie bratt, One of my friends at junior school in Germany I am still in touch with (48 years). Our dads were in the same regiment. After Germany our paths split, His dad went to Cyprus (where I now live) my dad was posted to Hong Kong. Then his dad went to Sandhurst as an instructor, my dad went to Bovington as an instructor. We kept in touch by letter, then as email became a thing, we emailed.Then in our Adult years we met up a few times he even came to my wedding in 2023. He now lives in Germany. Over the past 15 years, when we meet up he seldom talks about himself. He only talks about his dad's time in the Army (both our dads have passed away) and the stories his dad would tell him. I also repeatedly got tagged in posts to do with our dad's regiment and squaddie kid pages (called Pads Beats). I became quite frustrating that we would talk about our lives and what's we Do/have done in our adult lives. I chose to leave all of our dad's regimental pages and pads bratt pages. Within 24hrs he contacted me and said I notice you have left all the groups. I replied ' I want to live in live life and not my dad's so I have decided to draw a line under our dads pasts. Interestingly, our communication has dropped by about 50%.