No more faffing

I have been watching Julia Bradbury walking across Britain, following Alfred Wainwrights Coast to Coast walk. 190 miles from St Bees in the Lake District to Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire. At the start of every programme you can hear a short narrative by Wainwright, a few pearls of wisdom which I repeat here.

'One should always have a definate objective. In a walk, as in life, it is so much more satisfying to reach a target by personal effort than to wander aimlessly. An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is aimless wandering.'

These words have really struck a chord with me. I have had a few days just lately where I have been wandering aimlessly, and I don't like it. Sometimes I cant decide what I want to do when I get up in the morning, and waste the day by faffing about. When I go walking my target is to fill the whole time I have available, I set myself a finish time and never come back early. I need to start applying this principle to other aspects of my life, I need to plan my days a bit better, and stick to my target.

This morning my plan was to go to Hull, find a shop in George Street, and check out some maps. I also had a hankering to do some walking. So I walked to Winteringham, got the bus to Hull, free with the pass, found the shop, and did the same journey back in reverse. Total walked 11.56 miles. It was a lovely day, sunny and slightly breezey. I'm glad the wind was blowing in the opposite direction when I passed this combine harvester, ha ha.

Right what is my target for tomorrow? If the weather is fine I will do a walk locally, a bit more of the Viking Way, or if it is raining I will stop at home and make three more shopping bags. Then if it stops raining I will dig up two bushes in the front garden, and replace them with two new ones that I have been growing in pots. So from now on, no more faffing :o)