Running my first Ultra this past weekend was a powerful experience. Brutal love.
Tackling those trails in the middle my current No-Days-Off challenge, with 6 meals a week and double daily workouts, was really something else to me.
Regardless, it's just Monday. We keep going.
Where one door closes, another two open.
I'm sure you have this pattern in your life too. Take some time to study it and you will realize how true it is.
Opportunities are born in adversity, not necessarily nice times.
Greatness is buried beneath a bunch of fears.
Dig long enough, and you'll find out. Don't quit too soon. Dig deeper if you truly want to know.
The secret formula. The magical solution.
Yes. All within. Hidden inside.
We all have that answer. I promise you that.
Move.
How to reinvent yourself:
1) Map out your ideal future in as much detail as possible.
2) Throw yourself into a new physical and digital environment. Drown yourself in knowledge & potential.
3) Stick with the discomfort. Resist the urge to retreat to your old comfortable ways.
I feel like there's a gun to my head. The gun of time, moral obligations and purpose.
And what I fear is not the trigger being pulled, but rather me not living up to my full potential. I fear the day I become indifferent towards that trigger.
I fear the day I give up.
First, question why you do everything that you do.
Second, realize you do them because someone else told you to.
Third, give yourself permission to stop doing them.
Fourth, do what you want, but in the right direction.
Avoiding the work takes more energy than doing the work. Experience often brings more clarity.
You don't need a plan. You need preparation. Train yourself into a system that sustains your goals.
Your mind and body learn pretty quick.
So be careful what you teach them.
Seek discomfort if you want to grow. There's nothing to learn from nice times. They are a result of your struggle, after all.
If you deal with friction, you overcome obstacles and eventually create nice times.
Building is hard; destroying is easy.
Make your choice.
Fuck perfectionism.
Build fast. Make mistakes. Take more shots. Give yourself something to improve. Stop worrying when nobody is watching.
You think you're fighting other's opinions when you're just a slave to your own.