I forgot my swim cap today. I hopped into the pool, swearing quietly to myself, and got stuck into training. As I completed each lap, my ponytail got heavier and messier. It made turning my head to breathe a little tricky - not ideal when swimming. Hair worked its way out of my ponytail and fell down over my goggles and into my mouth whenever I tried to breathe. It struck me that I could keep swimming like this for this session but if I had to keep swimming like this everyday, I wouldn’t be able to continue - I needed the help of my swimming cap to make it easier to keep showing up. A little like how lots of seemingly small problems can make it harder and harder to show up each day to life outside the pool. Thank goodness for the work of Reach Out - helping people to keep swimming/showing up.