Life is really one big compromise, am I right? This doesn’t exclude the horse world, but sometimes I think people forget that… myself included. In every aspect of my little bubble of equestriandom, I compromise. Some are instinctive and easy, while others are harder to swallow. The most prominent example of my ‘not so favorite’ compromise is my lovely, eight year old horse with hock arthritis of a 20 year old Grand Prix jumper. That was a compromise I accepted…
I tend to write about blogging a lot on this blog. Probably because I like it, I don’t think I’m awful at it and way deep down under marketing content Lauren… I love to educate. My degree is in English Education ya know! Lucky y’all 🙂 I think when you write a blog, it’s easy to get lost in it. It’s easy to feel superior because you have an audience of readers that respect you enough to read your blog….
It’s taken me a few years to realize the importance of being in a “program” with your horse and what that means as far as my success in the show ring. I think it’s a hard topic to write about, because the “program” is different for everyone. Just because you board at a fancy barn with good lessons, doesn’t mean you’re in a program. Just because you keep your own horses in your back yard, doesn’t mean you aren’t in a…