Please understand, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be better. If wanting to be better means you work bloody hard to get better than that’s great. The issue is in thinking that once you achieve that embodiment of “better”; the car, the house, the trophy wife/husband, that you will somehow be different. You won’t. Not if you are incapable of embracing the now. Beautiful sunrise this morning. Making those pancakes for the kids and enjoying sitting with them whilst they eat on a Sunday morning was such a pleasure. Crushing that workout and sitting there in a pool of your own sweat, contemplating just how lucky you are to have that home gym and be physically able to squat, bench press and deadlift in the morning. The mistake is thinking once I can deadlift 250kg somehow things will be better. What you have right now is the best it is going to be. Even if you add a bunch of zeros after your bank balance or you get that six pack you have been after the biggest mistake you can make is to not enjoy the process, the moment, whatever is in front of you right now.
It creeps up on you in such subtle ways. You tell yourself that you are just been ambitious and that these are the longings of someone who “deserves it”. Countless hours are burnt on social media looking at the houses, cars, physiques and bank balances of these people you wish to be. Stop it. Why you ask. The simple answer is because you will never attain “it”. Why am I so certain? I’m certain because it is not the attainment of “it” that will satisfy you. Getting the car, the physique, the bank balance, that particular job is just the next rung on a ladder that never ends. You will be climbing that ladder your entire life and before you know it you’ll be facing your own mortality and then wondering why you didn’t take a moment to actually enjoy what you had attained.
Please understand, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be better. If wanting to be better means you work bloody hard to get better than that’s great. The issue is in thinking that once you achieve that embodiment of “better”; the car, the house, the trophy wife/husband, that you will somehow be different. You won’t. Not if you are incapable of embracing the now. Beautiful sunrise this morning. Making those pancakes for the kids and enjoying sitting with them whilst they eat on a Sunday morning was such a pleasure. Crushing that workout and sitting there in a pool of your own sweat, contemplating just how lucky you are to have that home gym and be physically able to squat, bench press and deadlift in the morning. The mistake is thinking once I can deadlift 250kg somehow things will be better. What you have right now is the best it is going to be. Even if you add a bunch of zeros after your bank balance or you get that six pack you have been after the biggest mistake you can make is to not enjoy the process, the moment, whatever is in front of you right now.
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Into all things Strength and Conditioning. A bachelors degree in Leisure Studies and an M.B.A. Certified Elite Trainer with the ISSA - PT, Specialist in Strength and Conditioning & Sports Nutrition. Published author on Powerlifter Today and The Iron Exec. I compete in IPF sanctioned powerlifting competitions and am a former professional Rugby player. Archives
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