Umbongo
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Just wondering if anyone else has felt this way and what did you do?
I have been riding since I was 10 and now am 27. I have shared, loaned and ridden and cared for friends horses etc. I have had yard jobs as a groom on lots of different types of yards so have always been involved with horses whilst growing up.
For the past year I was sharing a lovely green little pony on a nice yard with amazing hacking for the area I am in. In May/June I started to not really look forward to riding anymore. I had been chucked off a couple of times and started to not really trust the pony out cantering. I ended up not riding as much through the summer as the owner was going to university so I didn't want to take away her last summer with her pony.
This worked out well for me as I had a bit of a break, was less tired, had a bit more of a social life, went to the gym etc.
I have just started to share another horse on the same yard, same great hacking, great share arrangement etc. But I just can't seem to be bothered to get up in the mornings and I don't look forward to going riding at the moment. I thought that it may just be the weather getting a bit rubbish, but I have been feeling this way since May/June. I am so tired all the time, I am very busy at work and regularly have to work late and do a lot of overtime. My shifts can be all over the place, especially if a member of staff is on holiday or sick. I am trying to arrange a wedding and just have not had the time to do anything apart from eat and sleep once I get home.
I did think about reducing the days per week that I ride to see if that would help, but I don't really look forward to riding my share horse. He is a lovely horse and safe to hack, but just not the usual sort I get excited about (he is a 16.2hh ploddy chunk, and I tend to prefer smaller, whizzy arab and welshy types). I do feel very bad, as there are so many people who would bite their arm off for the arrangement I have, but maybe he would be a great horse for someone else?
I am thinking about ending the share (am on a months trial) and having a bit of a break from horses, maybe have a lesson once a month or so to stop from getting rusty and maybe attempt a bit of jumping (haven't jumped for years). But I don't want to go crazy from not having regular horsey time! I can always volunteer at the local RDA?
I have been riding since I was 10 and now am 27. I have shared, loaned and ridden and cared for friends horses etc. I have had yard jobs as a groom on lots of different types of yards so have always been involved with horses whilst growing up.
For the past year I was sharing a lovely green little pony on a nice yard with amazing hacking for the area I am in. In May/June I started to not really look forward to riding anymore. I had been chucked off a couple of times and started to not really trust the pony out cantering. I ended up not riding as much through the summer as the owner was going to university so I didn't want to take away her last summer with her pony.
This worked out well for me as I had a bit of a break, was less tired, had a bit more of a social life, went to the gym etc.
I have just started to share another horse on the same yard, same great hacking, great share arrangement etc. But I just can't seem to be bothered to get up in the mornings and I don't look forward to going riding at the moment. I thought that it may just be the weather getting a bit rubbish, but I have been feeling this way since May/June. I am so tired all the time, I am very busy at work and regularly have to work late and do a lot of overtime. My shifts can be all over the place, especially if a member of staff is on holiday or sick. I am trying to arrange a wedding and just have not had the time to do anything apart from eat and sleep once I get home.
I did think about reducing the days per week that I ride to see if that would help, but I don't really look forward to riding my share horse. He is a lovely horse and safe to hack, but just not the usual sort I get excited about (he is a 16.2hh ploddy chunk, and I tend to prefer smaller, whizzy arab and welshy types). I do feel very bad, as there are so many people who would bite their arm off for the arrangement I have, but maybe he would be a great horse for someone else?
I am thinking about ending the share (am on a months trial) and having a bit of a break from horses, maybe have a lesson once a month or so to stop from getting rusty and maybe attempt a bit of jumping (haven't jumped for years). But I don't want to go crazy from not having regular horsey time! I can always volunteer at the local RDA?
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