Wordless Wednesday – Eating
September Challenge (Develop a Short Term Plan)
The challenge for your career focus for next month involves determining what you would like to achieve over the next 12 months.
Now these goals (yes, plural!) could relate to many things that will help you in your equine career. They could involve:
- Developing new skills (be specific, e.g. ‘learn to ride left lead canter, worm 50 horses at work or learn to take a horse’s vital signs’)
- Gaining a qualification
- Starting a new job
- Developing contacts and acquiring new skills via carrying out work experience
- Starting a new discipline
- Reading a particular horse book (or books!)
- Saving for an equine experience (travel, competition, clinic, riding lessons)
The idea of a short term plan is that it helps you to better develop yourself and work towards a goal, in a set timeframe. Once you’ve determined what you want to do over the next 12 months, be sure to make them as SMART as possible (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely).
Whatever your list, try to set yourself a goal of achieving something each month or every other month so that you feel like you’re progressing through it. Momentum builds momentum. As you achieve something, you are motivated to press on and see what else you can do – I dare you to try it!
Wordless Wednesday – Gypsy
Friday Feature: Horse Rider
This week’s letter is H. If you missed last week’s Friday Feature, take a look at Groom.
Now this is a broad category that probably requires a bit more of a set focus.
It is possible to ride horses for a living, but the discipline in which you do so will dictate your hours of work, skills required in the saddle and even potential to earn income.
Although all are horse riding related, it is very different to play polo for a living, exercise racehorses, ride horses as a jockey, aim to reach the Olympics as an eventer or excel in dressage.
Someone who is interested in pursuing a career as a professional horse rider should consider:
- Getting as many hours in the saddle on varying horses as possible
- Finding a good instructor to guide them
- Setting goals to achieve results at competitions
- Which discipline they want to focus on after becoming established as a rider
Horse riding is a great sport; if you can make a living from it and are passionate about it – all the better! It doesn’t necessarily mean needing to have your own horse – you can rider other peoples’ horses for a living. The difficult bit is proving your capabilities so that others will want you to ride for them.
For posts that relate to this area of work on Equus-Blog, take a look at:
- The Interscholastic Equestrian Association
- Professional Riding: Polo
- Professional Riding: Polocrosse
- Profile On: Janelle Pitts
- Provision of Funds Through Naturevet
- Riders for Helmets
- Profile On: Jane Savoie
- Ride and Tie
- Profile On: Brooke Sweeney, Apprentice Jockey
- Profile On: Karl Anderson
- Friday Feature: Jackaroo/Jillaroo
- Friday Feature: Mounted Police
- Friday Feature: Track Rider
- Trackrider Course in Victoria
- Track Riding of Racehorses
- Spring into Action
“A good rider can hear his horse speak to him. A great rider can hear his horse whisper. But a bad rider won’t hear his horse even if it screams at him!” – Author unknown
Tails of Sweetbrier by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
Tails of Sweetbrier by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne is an incredible true story of a young girl who overcame many, many obstacles. With the support of a loving family, the incredible joy of riding horses and some awe inspiring determination, Deanie tells her tale.
Do you have a dream that feels too big to achieve? The important message Deanie puts across in this story of her life is that even when others say things are impossible, if you just keep persisting, you can achieve so much.
A specialist gave the opinion that Deanie would never be able to walk after she was still crawling at three years of age. Cerebral palsy was diagnosed.
Unconvinced, Deanie’s father determined to teach her to horse ride to strengthen her legs. This wasn’t without its setbacks and showing true determination, even at a young age Deanie would get back on every time she fell off.
Tails of Sweetbrier is a delightful read made that much more special because it is true. Anyone who reads it will be inspired to keep persisting with that dream, even when others say it’s impossible. A truly motivational read.
Author – Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
http://childrensbookswithlifelessons.com/
Non-fiction – motivational, biography, children’s
In my library – as an eBook, yes!
Want it? Get it now at Amazon.
“The horse symbolises the primeval forces of chaos, intense desire, swiftness and determination.” – Author unknown
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