You are doing it.

And stay calm. It’s just swimming. You know how to do this.

Tomorrow I’m doing a thing. It’s a thing I wanted to do in 2022 and 2021. Both years I signed up and then changed my mind.

Those two years, I let anxiety and fear take over. This year is different.

I’ve been pretty chill about this big swimming thing. Until about 20 minutes ago. Just got the email with lots of instructions and information.

Self-doubt snuck back in.

But I’ve shoved it away. I can swim. I can do this.

So the big swimming thing is “100 100’s”. 100 sets of 100 meters. 10,000 meters.

I won’t complete the distance. I know I’m not fast enough (yet) and I don’t have the endurance or strength (yet) to do the full event.

I’m doing what I can. Swimming at a steady manageable pace.

I told myself I would try new things and not wait until tomorrow. It’s time to push the comfort zone.

(I’ve got a big swimming goal on the horizon for 2025 so this swimming thing tomorrow is a good step towards it.)

Tomorrow between 3 p.m and 7 p.m – feel free to send me this message over the cosmic airwaves: “left arm right arm breathe keep swimming you are doing it”.