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For the past six months, I have been training for a martial arts tournament along with my coach and classmate. Since February, I have had the application for the tournament either on my desk or in my planner. I carried that application with me for over two months shuffling it from one place to another. Finally, the week of the tournament I decided I had better finally fill it out. It was Monday, April 6th when I started on the application. When I saw that the deadline for the applications was March 21st, my heart sank. I quickly went online to find a phone number to call and see if I could still get in. It clearly stated on their website that registration was closed as the deadline had passed and they reached their maximum of 450 competitors.
I was heartbroken and embarrassed. I felt that I had disappointed my teammates by the simple act of not registering on time. I made the terrible mistake of assuming that tournament organizers would take competitors up to the day of the event. Prior to opening Fearless Fitness, I co-produced a dozen martial arts tournaments for our previous school and we always took competitors on the day of the event. Assuming cost me.
I am still embarrassed that I was unable to compete and have apologized profusely to my teammates. Despite not being able to compete, I was happy to be there for them on the day of the tournament to cheer them on as, combined, they brought home four gold medals and a bronze.
Instead of continuing to beat myself up for the incident, I decided to turn the experience into a positive. For the past week and a half, I have been going through my desk at work, home and at Fearless and looking for anything that may have fallen by the wayside. As new paperwork or emails have arrived, I have fought the urge to put it aside to do later and taken the few extra moments to handle each item as needed. I have been consumed by this need to take care of everything that can possibly haunt me later so I can start fresh on Monday morning. While there are still a few items that I want to take care of before I can truly relax, I feel so much more in control and responsible. That said, I should be back to my normal daily Budget Savvy Life postings next week.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
* The photo is of Coach Marc and Petek who performed brilliantly at the tournament.
