May 24

Falling off a Horse When Riding

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Well yesterday was an eventful day..

Riding last night was bloody scary stuff, its my 3rd week in this better class and I’m beginning to ask myself if i should be there.. Phil’s been giving me all sorts of horses,  last night Kenny was waiting for me, Ive been riding him on Saturdays and seem to work well with him but something was not right with my riding last night, all was not well..
From the minute i got on Kenny he started bucking and throwing himself about, i called Kevin over and spoke to him, apparently the fields have all been sprayed this week so the horses have been couped up in their stables, 4 of the big horses had to be moved to his mums stables as they were grumpy.  There were 7 of us in that group last night all the horses were eratic and very fast..for the first time in my life i said no.. usually my head will say no, but my mouth will say yes, but that didn’t happen, id rather look stupid and refuse to take a double jump like that, so i did..lol
Phil had us all outside which was lovely but as they could see the grass and werent allowed to eat it, talk about erratic ..
He started off the jumping lessons again,  which i haven’t done that since i fell off Jack.
My friend Jen got Jack and her face dropped, shes rode him before but everyone up there knows what hes like when he jumps hes very fast and excitable…. I cleared all the singles but on the last single i was unsteady, it was higher than Ive done before and i hadn’t got the horse cantering quick enough so he could take a good jump at it, instead he lunged at it to clear it, i did well to stay on..

I said no i wouldn’t take the doubles yet when he then added the second jump… i have had 5 in wendy’s class before and had no problems, but they were lower ones and i suppose much easier.

 I asked Phil to take down the second jump and carried on doing the singles.. i knew as i was unsteady at that height on the singles like i was,  .. i would come off..

Jen wasn’t so lucky and didn’t say no………..
Jack cantered down bucking nas he went, she stayed on for that part like i did, its when you get to the corner you run out of options, he turned his head lowered in and she fell off..

I knew she had hurt herself badly as she couldn’t get back on, and said her fella wants her now to quit riding.. im gutted.. we have been in the same class for months now and i really like her.. She has a broken collar bone and socket is black and blue, plasted from the waist up..
When i told my fella this morning hes not happy, he doesn’t want me to ride anymore of course .. but I love riding, I knew from the onset you’re not dealing with safe machines here,these are living breathing creatures that are just as temperamental as us, it comes with the territory im afraid.. I don’t want to stop riding as its part of me.
I’m sticking to the little ones for a while. My horse was badly behaved last night but not nasty he was just a bit tempremental, he wanted to let off some steam and did give me a hair raising riding lesson.
My thoughts are with my friend Jen this morning..

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Well don’t we just have it all at our fingertips these days? Mobile telephony, satellite monitoring, wireless go anywhere internet connection, SMS and ‘always on’ email straight to our palm devices.

As soloists, there’s no excuse for failing to stay in touch with our work (and our clients) regardless of where we are or when. The marketers of course, would have us believe this is all good.

I disagree. Sure, some of it can be good and at times it is very convenient, but the worrying trend is that always available may become the workplace norm.

A quick glance at how these new services are being marketed and you’ll see imagery depicting young, happy executives tapping away at the keyboard while at the beach or in the garden. In the distance we see friends and family supposedly playing and communing happily.

Everyone is doing what they love. How nice.

Let’s now consider the reverse scenario: Friends and family playing happily in the office while you work. Do you reckon you’ll get much done? Nope. Me neither. You’ll be distracted and certainly won’t be concentrating on your work.

Relaxing with friends and family isn’t a totally passive past time. You need to participate if you are to give and receive. It’s called ‘being present’. If you’re not joining in, all you’re really doing is moving the office to a new location…and one where nothing terribly meaningful is achieved.

Let’s look at other implications of the always available trap.

Remember the good old days when you took a day or two off and were pleasantly surprised when everything ran smoothly in your absence? The times when your clients and associates rose to the challenge of management and decision-making and showed themselves much more capable than you had given credit?

Why would anyone risk making a decision about anything now, when you’re just a moment away?

On the other hand, if you want to make every micro decision (er, control freak!) then carry on, you’re doing just fine.

While some soloists may quite rightly say that being always available and in-touch is wonderful for their business, a survey on our site suggested over 72% of you would be more than happy if a surprise law banned mobile phones. Chances are partners and friends are sure to agree!

The answer to this is not that complex. Being available can most certainly be good, but we have to establish boundaries with our colleagues and clients.

If you don’t stay in control of your involvement in your business, you’ll forever be its prisoner.

That doesn’t sound like a good recipe for loving your work does it?

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