I have previously written about having time for everything, achieving everything, and prioritizing.
As I also wrote at the time, I don't have time for everything, but I make time for what is important to me, I don't achieve everything, but I achieve as a rule what is important to me, and funnily enough, I prioritize what is important to me because it gives me joy and energy. But we don't need to go into all that again.
Prioritizing isn't always easy, at least not for me, but I have limited resources, like most people. I choose to prioritize a lot of my resources on my dogs, but as long as my everyday life looks like it does with a full-time job, prioritizing even a high-priority area is necessary.
In reality, I'm really bad at prioritizing when it comes down to it, because prioritizing not only means opting in, but also opting out, and I'm not a fan of that part! I can easily prioritize when it comes to cleaning or other things that are far down on my priority list, but when it comes to high-priority areas, I really have a hard time with it – I hate opting out and risking missing out on something...
But since I'm not a fan of doing things by halves, I have to, because how else am I going to train specifically for what I want?
So actually I have prioritized because I prioritize training with purpose and focus – that thing about just training for fun and enjoyment, that's fine, but it just doesn't work for me. Fun and enjoyment can't and shouldn't be forgotten in training, but for me, there needs to be an extra layer if it's going to motivate me, so that's why I set goals, plan my training and know what I want to focus on.
Our primary disciplines have therefore become HTM/Freestyle, Nose Work and rally. It may still sound like a lot, but I really don't feel like choosing more, so I won't!
Instead, I choose the systematic, structured AND time-saving approach: planning my training.
If I just trained on a whim and whatever came to mind, both the dogs and I would definitely enjoy ourselves and have fun, and everything would be fine. But it just wouldn't be good enough for me, and I would most likely lose my motivation without targeted and planned training.
I'm such a big fan of planning that I recently attended a 2-day training planning course, and I LOVE it! I can plan, prioritize, be more efficient, and accomplish a lot more in the same time, which means I can train for multiple disciplines. What's not to love?!
Behind the scenes of this week's blogger:
My name is Mia, I am 44 years old, married, have 4 children and 2 F1 Labradors, Molly, 5 years old, and Selma, 2 years old, whom I spend almost all my free time training. We train and compete primarily in HTM/Freestyle and Nose Work - two disciplines in which I am also a DKK judge.
When I'm not training my own, I'm teaching others, braiding paracord, reading crime novels, or blogging.
How do I get all the dog training I want?
I have previously written about having time for everything, achieving everything, and prioritizing.
As I also wrote at the time, I don't have time for everything, but I make time for what is important to me, I don't achieve everything, but I achieve as a rule what is important to me, and funnily enough, I prioritize what is important to me because it gives me joy and energy. But we don't need to go into all that again.
Prioritizing isn't always easy, at least not for me, but I have limited resources, like most people. I choose to prioritize a lot of my resources on my dogs, but as long as my everyday life looks like it does with a full-time job, prioritizing even a high-priority area is necessary.
In reality, I'm really bad at prioritizing when it comes down to it, because prioritizing not only means opting in, but also opting out, and I'm not a fan of that part! I can easily prioritize when it comes to cleaning or other things that are far down on my priority list, but when it comes to high-priority areas, I really have a hard time with it – I hate opting out and risking missing out on something...
But since I'm not a fan of doing things by halves, I have to, because how else am I going to train specifically for what I want?
So actually I have prioritized because I prioritize training with purpose and focus – that thing about just training for fun and enjoyment, that's fine, but it just doesn't work for me. Fun and enjoyment can't and shouldn't be forgotten in training, but for me, there needs to be an extra layer if it's going to motivate me, so that's why I set goals, plan my training and know what I want to focus on.
Our primary disciplines have therefore become HTM/Freestyle, Nose Work and rally. It may still sound like a lot, but I really don't feel like choosing more, so I won't!
Instead, I choose the systematic, structured AND time-saving approach: planning my training.
If I just trained on a whim and whatever came to mind, both the dogs and I would definitely enjoy ourselves and have fun, and everything would be fine. But it just wouldn't be good enough for me, and I would most likely lose my motivation without targeted and planned training.
I'm such a big fan of planning that I recently attended a 2-day training planning course, and I LOVE it! I can plan, prioritize, be more efficient, and accomplish a lot more in the same time, which means I can train for multiple disciplines. What's not to love?!
Behind the scenes of this week's blogger:
My name is Mia, I am 44 years old, married, have 4 children and 2 F1 Labradors, Molly, 5 years old, and Selma, 2 years old, whom I spend almost all my free time training. We train and compete primarily in HTM/Freestyle and Nose Work - two disciplines in which I am also a DKK judge.
When I'm not training my own, I'm teaching others, braiding paracord, reading crime novels, or blogging.