Don't Just Go Back

At this point in time, consider this your own, great reset.  This difficult time that all of us went through really upended our routines; it pointed out just how precious were so many of the things we took for granted in 2019.  See this as an opportunity to look at things with brand new eyes.  Don't just go back to your pre-pandemic life.  Don't just go back to doing things the way you did them, because that was the way that you did them.  Look at your life, your routines, your art, your practice, your training, look at it like a beginner -- and make it what you want it to be.

-- Shihan Kendall Buhl, martial arts instructor and founder of The Dojo Salisbury, on the Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio podcast, episode 618, 28 June 2021