Daily Success January 30 – Okay.

Daily Success Yesterday

Success yesterday was, as the day before and the day before that, unbalanced. Lots of Project Pinecone, which was coupled with a lot of time on the stationary bike yesterday. My “rule” that the solution to feeling cold is to get on the bike drove that performance. There was not a single time I worked up a sweat, but the calorie count indicates that my legs were pumping away for almost an hour overall.

And there was a good Spanish practice session late in the evening.

Success Today

Success today SHOULD be simple. No appointments or other activities are on my calendar other than doing Nabila’s mail as my weekly Kentlands Lakelands Village volunteer effort.

Exercise, including the proper set of stretches, is a must. Spanish and my Daily Success post should be kept in perspective: the floor of my Camino efforts, not the roof. YouTube and My Camino Day have long been left with little or no attention.

Success in the Future

Success in the future has been evolving over the last months, far more than has been documented in these posts.

The Camino has become synonymous with San Martín, which it should not be. The time has come to look at the status of my left knee and either choose a replacement or find a way forward that can put me on the Camino in 2026. My spirit needs it.

Project Pinecone has become far more modest. Six months ago, the idea was straight from “today” to grand success. Now the need for small victories and finding money has become beyond obvious and far more modest research and grant funding efforts are front and center.

Focus. Work hard. Keep at it for as long as it takes. The future continues to look very bright, indeed, but far less linear.

So here we are at a difficult point where a lesson from the Camino is particularly appropriate: put one foot in front of the other and repeat and repeat and repeat. Follow the Path. Accept the pain and the difficulty for what they are. Just keep going. Don’t give up.

“You are not beaten until you admit it. Hence DON’T.” Patton