Putting in the work...

Today I was going through the pictures my wife took this last year and man the bug hit me a little bit tonight. Something I have identified myself as for the past 3 years is something I have distanced myself from for the past 3 months. I just got burnt out from the whole racing scene.

3 months ago I made the decision to just quit racing inorder to get myself making money again. I now sell a nitch product in life insurance and becoming successful at it. The thing about this new job is it has required me to put a ton of time and energy into it. Not a ton of time like every waking moment I am working but has taken the mental focus I had reserved towards cycling. To divide that attention into two things is a challenge for me that i really do not want to divide. The time I am not working I am not wanting to throw my leg over the top tube.

Why is everything different. Well my results in my new chosen career is determined by my own efforts that I put into it. Not like a dead end job were I work so hard just to stay a desk jockey for the end of my days. I just know I was not going to go anywhere in the career path I was taking. This new one allows me to make as much money as I want by my own efforts.

This past year I was finding myself bitching a lot and not enjoying what I was doing on the bike. Showing up for some many crits just for it to end in a 50 person field sprint. I am not strong enough to break away, I sure tried. All that hard work over the winter last year just to be a mid pack rider this past year just was not very appealling to me. Why am I putting in so much work for mid pack finishes, when I can put that effort and concentration into results that count. Those results I am getting is I am now making money.

Am I racing next year? Right now I do not think I am going to. Do I miss racing, today was the first day when I got a hint of the bug. I just do not want to sabatoge my progress in my job. I actually work for myself so I am accountable for my own actions. I am doing well, but want to do better. My first month couple months I wrote 8,000 in business and this last month I did 16000. I want to do 20 this next month. If I can get the numbers that means I will be making close to 10,000 a month for being a newbie is awesome. That energy is basically garnering better results than that 13th place I got in a cat 3 race.

Who knows, I will probably still do a couple races next year. If not the year after. I think I might just go away from racing for a year. Lets see whats going on in my head in december. I can not get fat again. Plus I am running membership for ABRT so I am not staying away from the scene. I think the scene just does not make sense for me right now. Cycling takes a lot of time even though your doing basement workouts. Racing takes hours because of travel and warm up. I just can not afford that right now.

Not to be a debby downer. Things are going good for me professionally right now and that counts for a lot.

See ya around,
Kyle