Unlocked

I know I know your girl has been “mia” but I'm back. I took a mini hiatus one because my editor had a family emergency and was on leave for a while, and then I have written several blogs but none of them seemed right. I think I was waiting on something special, and I think I have found it. Back in December, my friend asked me if I wanted to join her at her gym for a month. It was customer appreciation. I said sure with no intention of joining, but it was free, so I was going to give it my all in the month and then take the workouts back home to do in our home gym. The introvert in me thought that was the plan anyway. It took a few workouts, but these workouts unlocked something in me that I have never been able to tap into before. It started slowly, but by January I have bought in. I decided to join the gym because in December I got to see results that I haven't seen since I started working out over the past year.

In January I decided to join, but here's the thing. I have decided that I am so committed to my health and progress that even when I am tired, I keep going. Even when it is raining, I keep going. Even when it's 36 degrees outside, and I don't feel like going I show up. She pushes me past my limits. When she starts counting down, I start going hard when everyone else is tired and is slowing down waiting for her to stop I kick into over-drive. Even when there are days, we are not supposed to be at the gym I get my mile run in. Even when my friend calls and says she's not going to work out today I let her know that I will call her after to tell her how it was.

I like to fill my day with motivation, and I have heard influencers or motivational speakers say when you don't feel like it, show up anyway. I have heard them ask how bad do you want it? I have finally made it to a place where I can no longer settle for the bare minimum especially during my workouts. When it starts to hurt, I coach myself through it by reminding myself that the pain is where the change starts happening. The old saying no pain no gain is so true. If you stop working out when it hurts, you haven't done anything. It is in the pain and the hurt that the fat burns and the muscle builds. This is also true in our life when we go through emotionally tough times this is our opportunity to grow. Sometimes we like to wallow in our pain, but really if we took a different perspective and allowed that pain to show us how we can grow from it we all would be much better off. For years and years, I have been waiting for the right coach, trainer, motivational speaker to say the right thing or give the right advice to unlock the drive in me. Thinking that maybe just maybe the next book, the next sermon, the next workshop would help me to develop into who I am supposed to be, but this whole time I was waiting on myself to unlock my determination. It was me this whole time. This whole time the key to what I needed was inside of me. Yes, all of those things did help me in some way, but it is not until we want it bad enough that excuses no longer can serve you. How bad do you REALLY want the change? What are you willing to sacrifice for that change? First, it is my health, but there is so much more that will be unlocked with this new mindset. I am so excited! This week let's concrete on unlocking the one mindset I want you to go past the hurt of anything. It can be working out or going past the hurt financially by saving more than you had planned on. Whatever that it is for you push past it and find the unlocking. Let me know in the comments what you are unlocking this week.

One Love,

D'Que