Mission goal: All horse adventures without anxiety (full CTR, camping, group trail ride, show, jump, and ride bareback)
- Claim your target: Get trailering down
- Refine your objective: Both horses walk right on to the trailer consistently by 4/30
- Understand your motivation: I want to be able to go places quickly and not worry about being late.
- Step it out:
- Trailer load practice only
- Trailer joy ride
- Trailer some place to chill
- Handle obstacles:
- Time --> Plan trailer time on weekends and keep to commitments
- Be patient
- Implement your plan: If I don't follow through, I can't go places quickly when I want to.
- Treat yourself: Fusion halter
- Claim your target: Weigh under 182
- Refine your objective: At some point in April
- Understand your motivation: I want to feel better, be healthier, fit in my clothes, be more confident about how my body works, ride better, and be lighter for Zeke.
- Step it out:
- Don't eat when board
- Exercise most days
- Weigh in almost daily
- Exercise when planned
- Ride more
- Make better food choices
- Watch TV while on exercise bike
- Plan food
- Eat less at meals
- Minimize snacks
- Handle obstacles:
- Tempting food --> Eat, but limit quantities
- Cravings/boredom --> Drink a 0-calorie beverage or do another activity
- Time --> Keep workout commitments
- Stress --> Ride exercise bike while watching shows
- Self-control --> Picture the end goal
- Prioritize health
- Implement your plan: If I don’t follow through, I won’t feel better, won't fit in clothes and won't be better for Zeke
- Treat yourself: Cherry tomato plant
- Claim your target: On track for upcoming deadlines as I start the program
- Refine your objective: Register for classes on 4/13 right away. Apply for the fellowship program by 4/30.
- Understand your motivation: I want to set myself up for success in this new phase.
- Step it out:
- Watch orientation
- Register for classes
- Complete financial aid form
- Complete academic integrity form
- Create curriculum vitae
- Answer all application questions
- Submit completed application
- Figure out books for first class(es)
- Handle obstacles:
- Time/motivation -> schedule time to complete and make it a priority
- Time/motivation -> schedule time to complete and make it a priority
- Implement your plan: If I don't follow through, I won't be successful in this next career step and/or I will miss a great opportunity.
- Treat yourself: Fun supplies
- Claim your target: Zeke solid in-hand
- Refine your objective: Walk with him to help hit my goal of 50 Top Trail Tracks miles by 4/30. Be prepared for the May Partnership on the Ground and Liberty Cowboy Dressage show by 4/30.
- Understand your motivation: I want to move up in the liberty division and get in-shape.
- Step it out:
- Stay current in the lessons in the Liberty in Harmony course
- Take a liberty neck rope to the barn
- Master tying the bowline knot
- Work on liberty (Harmony Horsemanship and neck rope for Cowboy Dressage)
- Laminate Liberty call sheets
- Video and submit the April Virtual Obstacle Show
- Compete in any trail rider challenge shows (likely the physical ones will be canceled and possibly replaced with virtual)
- Stay current in the lessons in the Liberty in Harmony course
- Handle obstacles:
- Lack of motivation/perseverance: Focus about the end goal of moving up liberty levels
- Lack of motivation/perseverance: Focus about the end goal of moving up liberty levels
- Implement your plan: If I don't follow through, I won't move up in the Cowboy Dressage Liberty division or do well at in-hand shows.
- Treat yourself: Strip hair grooming tool