Road to 40: Post 8
In keeping with the madness of how the year started, I actually completely missed posting this last one due to a number of things going on; including the creation of our new website. This was written in January. Sorry to keep you waiting:
Sh*t… It’s 2023. I was feeling good in my last blog about the arrival of 2023 but this first week has been ROUGH. My family started the year off with everyone sick but me. My Kid ended up catching that nasty cold that’s going around the evening of Christmas. She was running a 102 fever for 2.5 days and has been sick ever since. Had to test her for COVID twice and that sucks as an adult so it was terrible first testing her myself and then having to take her to a testing station after. She handled it like a champ, as always, but it was still sad. My lady and her mom, who was visiting for the first time during Christmas, picked up the bug just a day or so after The Kid. So it’s been a hot zone in my house with me dodging and diving away from coughing fits.
The finish to the year was slow. The business did good overall but the last three months of the year are always lean. It makes it tough to stay positive. And now we’re facing some of the worst weather we’ve seen in Cali in a long time. Not exactly motivating people to get themselves to be fit. January always picks up midway through with people wanting to start on their new Fitness Journeys but this year has a lot of other strains and concerns. Bad weather, a Triple-demic, and a recession. It’s a lot for anyone to deal with.
I’m behind on my plan to be the fittest I’ve ever been at 40. I know this because I have SMART goals (Hint, hint) and certain metrics I want to hit by my 40th Birthday. It has me feeling stressed because I feel like I’m not only affecting myself, I feel like I’m affecting my clients, family, my team and anyone that might pull motivation from me if I don’t hit my goals. I’ve been told I may put too much stress on myself but I’m a firm believer that you have to hold yourself to a higher standard to achieve goals you deem worthy of achieving. Cutting yourself a break on things sometimes is necessary but short-sighted at best.
You’ve gotta be willing to push and sacrifice for the things that you can’t seem to shake when you look at yourself in the mirror; whether they are physical attributes or something that you see in the eye staring back at you. I know this is a little deep but I’m feeling particularly stoic today. That being said, writing and sharing helps me work it out a bit more. Stay tuned and I’ll tell you how I ended up getting myself back on track. Happy New Year!