Vacation Time !!!!!

With a decent percentage of you guys on vacation I felt that this time would be a great time to talk about vacation. ( I know I know - alot of you are thinking AJ - you havent blogged in a while and that I have must have been on vacation) but NO that is not the case - apologies - we all get tied up from time to time - I fortunately have been very busy for the past few months but now have some "VACATION TIME" or free time to catch up.


Vacation to me does not mean just taking a trip to an exotic location, etc. It means getting out of your normal day to day routine for some good ole fashion R&R. It could be an hour vacation where you take a walk on the beach or read a book. and YES it could mean that 1 month vacation in St. Tropez. No matter what extreme all types of these vacations are needed. In training you will never grow or recover unless you rest and this hold true for many elements of your life. In training we call this PERIODIZATION. In life I like to call it VACATION!


Vacations are times where you can take a step back and enjoy your accomplishments over the last few months, clarify your goals, put things into perspective, and come back feeling energized, fresh , and motivated. Personally I always want to look at my life as a graph where the line is constantly moving higher towards my goals but at the same time goes up and down. These up and downs are the peaks and valleys of LIFE - wheter it be training, building wealth, your goals at the workplace, or more personal goals (like wanting to be a better family man, etc..or volleyball player, etc....)

So enjoy your time off - afterall its what LIFE is all about. Below is one of my favorite quotes by Ghandi.

" There is more to life than increasing its speed"

and remember - never feel guilty of taking time off - chances are - you deserve it.