So today's key skill is not thinking?

It's cold. It's dark. I'm tired.

This triumvirate of thoughts go round and round in my head. I get changed focusing very determinedly on the practical movements of changing my clothes. I find a hairband. I have a new bit of kit but even that just looks problematic today (I'll defer the excitement to tomorrow maybe?).

It's cold. It's dark. I'm tired.

Helen, stop thinking. Be grateful it's not actually raining however, unlike this morning (which was the reason/excuse for the lazy start earlier in the day). Do not ponder on what you are about to do. Do not even acknowledge what you are about to do. You are getting changed. You are finding money so you can buy a pint of milk. You are locating a key. You are putting on trainers.

It's cold. It's dark. I'm tired.

Helen, you are now leaving the house. And you will walk, and then you will jog. Don't consider. Just do.

That was me an hour or so ago. Now it is time to say hooray! I am home again. I am changed, and warm, and have lit the fire. Above all I have run. I have recorded my run. And I have almost blogged.

So my learning for today? Do not look straight at what you are about to do. If possible avoid any direct engagement with activity at all (particularly when it is cold, and it is dark, and one is tired). In simple terms, learn the ability not to think and all will be well. Or if well is too optimistic nonetheless ... Janathon day 6 will be done!