Lesson I’ve Learned #1
So, recently, I began working with a few new 1-on-1 clients and found myself sharing the same personal experiences with each of them. We all have unique pasts, but I do find that many folks are dealing with similar "issues" when we first start working together.
Now, I am by no means perfect, nor am I an absolute expert in healthy living, but I have been on this fitness/wellness journey for 10+ years and consider this to be my livelihood. So, when a client is struggling, I find that it helps to share my own experience and lessons I learned.
You may find that you also have dealt with (or are dealing with) some these experiences as well. Over the next few weeks I will share various lessons I've learned and how they've impacted my own health/fitness journey.
Today I will share one of the most influential lessons that I have learned, and continue to learn.
Lesson #1: Good stuff takes time, and you have way more time than you think.
Ah yes, the old cliche advice to "take your time"... Heard it before? I'm sure.
When we embark on a new journey, diet, program, etc., we are often fueled by excitement and ambition.
Excitement to "get to the end" or achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. Excitement to be a part of a movement or community that we admire or aspire to be like. Ambition to work hard and make sacrifices in order to achieve those goals.
We start this journey with so much excitement and ambition that we often become somewhat "short-sited." We want to "get to the end" so badly that we make ambitious plans to do so in a shorter period of that may actually be realistic or healthy.
If you're reading this email, then I am assuming you hope to be working out, eating healthy and enjoying recreation outside of the gym for as long as possible. If so, take a second to realize how long that actually is..... 25..35..55 more years? When we look at our fitness journey is this way, it can help us to realize how much time we really have.
Likewise, we are INCREDIBLY complex creatures in every way: biologically, physiologically, psychologically, emotionally, and so on. When we try to change ourselves and/or our lives there are A LOT of processes/systems that are affected.
Most of the time, the changes you make need more time to have an affect than you're giving them.
So, if you are working on making good stuff happen in your life, give it more time. Stay the course, watch for the little wins and realize that you have a disgusting amount of time to reach those goals.
Thanks for reading!
Tyler
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