It's on again..

Hi all.. sorry it has taken me a while to blog...can't really find an excuse but I am back (for the time being.....
This is an extract of my latest journal entry... Yes I am walking to Sydney again and hopefully other people will be joining me this time.. I will be posting my progress on my blog and you can follow me as I go, just like last time.. plus I intent to do a video journaling too...so watch out for that..
so enjoy reading my entries and follow me as I go... You know I love having you read my blog and I am grateful for all of you (even if I don't know who you are)....
What you are going to read is also going to be used in my video journal, so it may read a little funny but if you read it the way you would say it then you should be alright...

15 July 2013

On Oct 1 2012, I decided to write a bucket list.  I had very low self-esteem at this point and felt I wasn’t doing enough with my life, so I wrote down things which I could achieve and some things I may not ever achieve but I wrote them down none the less.  There were things which challenged me to do stuff I could never imagine myself doing, the impossible & the possible.

One of the things on my list was to walk to Sydney.  This may sound somewhat easy but I wanted to walk from Kellyville to Sydney.  Kellyville is 35 - 39kms from Sydney.  Most people thought it was strange because it’s a long way.  But I put it on the list so knew I had to do it.  What was interesting about it was, it wasn’t something I really thought about, it was somewhat spontaneous.  I have no idea why I put it down, I just did.

On Saturday January 4 2013 at 5.30am, I set out on my walk.  I didn’t make it past Habberfield, 8kms short of walking to Sydney.  My body had gone as far as it could.  I couldn’t continue on any further.   Everyone who followed me on this journey via SMS was very encouraged by me getting that far and I was proud myself too.  I mean, there are not too many people who can say they have walked from Kellyville to Habberfield let alone from Kellyville to Sydney.  At the end of my walk (basically where I stopped) I was left with the feeling of, ‘I could do anything’.

However, I missed making it to Sydney.  I didn’t complete my walk.  I knew I had to finish what I set out to do.  I know I wanted to finish what I set out to do.  So on October 12, this year, 9 months from my last walk, I will be walking to Sydney again.  This time it will be walking to Circular Quay.  And this time I have invited people to join me. 

What I am doing is probably nothing new but it’s something I want to do.  People ask me (the fit and the unfit), ‘Why do you want to do that’?  I tell them, ‘because I can’ or ‘because it’s there’ and even, ‘Why not?’ I think people are expecting there to be a reason to walking that far.  I’ve even been asked if I am doing it for charity.  They find it strange someone would just want to walk to Sydney for no apparent reason. But really, who needs a reason? 

This is an account is my journey of walking to Sydney from Kellyville.  As well as being a journey of my preparation to get me there. 

So there you go... my first entry to my Sydney journey.... there are lots of stuff I have to add along the way and I occasionally post some video...
Enjoy coming with me again on my trip to get to Sydney..
love lizz

PS..I am taking the plunge and posting my video...please excuse the side ways view, I can't find the rotate button...
Hopefully it works...