Your alarm clock goes off. It’s early.
You roll over and glance out the window. Ugh. Conditions aren’t ideal.
Cold. Rain. Wind cutting sideways.
You peer over at your running shoes and workout clothes on the other side of the room, methodically placed there to kickstart your morning run.
Decisions, decisions.
The reasonable thing to do in this moment is probably to wait, to go back to bed, to tell yourself you’ll run later, when things calm down.
This line of reasoning is where the vast majority of people would land.
It’s certainly the most practical choice.
But that moment, that exact moment, means more than we give it credit for. It isn’t as trivial as it appears. In fact, it’s a metaphorical fork in the road dividing the future into two distinct outcomes.
Let’s examine.
See….there is an undervalued benefit to choosing discomfort on purpose.
To doing the thing that doesn’t feel convenient, or logical, or pleasant.
One very clear commonality upon examining society’s “greats” is a willingness to pay a price others wouldn’t.
They stayed later.
They woke earlier.
They showed up when no one was watching.
They faced the small inconveniences head on.
Not because it was heroic, but because it was hard.
That’s why the roads are empty when it’s cold and raining.
Again….not because running in the rain is special.
But because, to put it simply, it sucks. And it sucks just enough to filter out the vast majority of those standing at the same fork.
That seemingly irrational decision to put on a jacket, a beanie and go is precisely where the value lives.
You’re not training your legs.
You’re training follow through.
You’re teaching yourself that conditions don’t get a vote.
As we all know, life will not always be comfortable.
You’ll lose a client.
You’ll get rejected.
You’ll see ideas, plans or hopes fall short.
Not because you’re broken. But because life is hard. Beautiful, but hard.
And the question becomes, in those moments of turbulence:
Do you wait for better weather, or do you go anyway?
There will always be a reason to delay.
To hope for smoother waters.
To tell yourself, “Not today.”
A seemingly trivial run in the rain is a reminder that the people who win don’t wait.
They adapt.
They layer up.
They figure it out.
Eventually, action becomes a habit.
Not something dependent on motivation.
Not something left to chance.
You stop checking the forecast.
You stop negotiating with yourself.
And when you finally take the shoes off and step into the rest of your day, that mindset doesn’t disappear.
It follows you into work.
Into conversations.
Into life overall.
You realize how many of the reasons you used to give yourself were never real.
Just stories.
Just noise.
And when the sun finally comes out, when everything feels easy and everyone’s ready to run,
you’ve already been there.
You’ve already done the hard laps.
You’ve already built something different inside yourself.
So…is it just a run in the rain?
You tell me.
@grok I have 5 questions.
1) What is the average annual amount an American company gives as an annual raise in wages in The United States of America?
2) What is the average state minimum wage in The United States of America?
3) What is the average amount deducted from a paycheck in the United States of America?
4) What is the average required income for an 16-18 year old, a 18-21 year old, and 21-25 year old, to (realistically) live in The United States of America?
5) What has the Average American company net profited over the last 15 years?
Thought I would share a random google search.
“What is the current federal minimum wage?”
Federal minimum wage is (still - unchanged since 2009) $7.25 an hour🤔.
*The Math:
Federal average -
$7.25 (minimum wage)
x 40 (hours)
x 4 (weeks)
= $1,160 (Monthly income)
- 12% (just federal taxes)
= $1,021
State average -
$11.51
x 40
x 4
= $1,842
- 12% (just federal taxes)
= $1,621
Why not?
@grok I have 5 questions.
1) What is the average annual amount an American company gives as an annual raise in wages in The United States of America?
2) What is the average state minimum wage in The United States of America?
3) What is the average amount deducted from a paycheck in the United States of America?
4) What is the average required income for an 16-18 year old, a 18-21 year old, and 21-25 year old, to (realistically) live in The United States of America?
5) What has the Average American company net profited over the last 15 years?
Interesting…
A wise man ( @REALCULTNEWS ) said check out some Charlie Munger this week. This is one of my favs.
https://t.co/nrxhCARpQ9
Merry Christmas and happy bargain shopping.