Tag: journey

A while back I gave myself a challenge and it was a few days, maybe a week or so before I actually accepted the challenge but I did. I mentioned in the post where I shared the challenge that I was going to be keeping a log about the journey this challenge would be. I wasn’t sure at the time how I was going to do it. I just knew that I wanted to be able to share real thoughts that I had through this process. This was to both share with people about my journey and goal achieving, but also to help me. I wanted to motivate myself to keep on doing this challenge.

I decided when I started to actually do the short work out that I would keep track on a piece of paper tapped to my bathroom mirror. I also tapped a page above that and with each tally mark I wrote one line. Some days I squeezed in as much as I could others I just wrote 3 large words. I want to share that log with you now.

1. It does not matter when you start, just that you start.
2. Starting is the hardest and scariest part of the journey but needed. (I also wrote see twitter for 2.2.15, which says, “One day I will be able to submit someone in a fight, today is not that day, but it was a learning day closer”)
3. Change, goals, and dreams don’t happen overnight, work towards them day after day.
4. Convincing yourself you’re worth the work is work but worth it.
5. Little by little and step by step is what it takes to see massive changes.
6. By pushing yourself to do something you don’t think you can do you may find out you can.
7. Fighting for tomorrow mean giving up you’re today. Also there is 2 parts of you the cannot and the can learn how to make the can side win. (That was after a 2 am workout, because I stayed out late with my friends)
8. If you know how you learn, you will learn more. (This was a class day.)
9. Working for what you want will pay off if you are constant.
10. You know you’ve found your thing when the pain is worth it. (This was followed by a side note of  “yay, chokes. :-)”)
11. Sometimes you just need to take way the options, make your step towards success mandatory.
12. Starting is the worst, it’s hard and sucks, but shows you what you can do. Stick with it. You got this.
13. I may be tired; I may not be clever, but I am doing what I set out to do.
14. Your goals should be fun, educational and worth the pain. (This was another class day.)
15. Making a goal a need makes it easier to do, even if it’s by force.
16. Friends should make the goals easier. (This should be a class day note.)
17. It’s getting easier.
18. You know you’re doing something different and hard when you start to question seeming random choices in your life.
19. I guess some days you just do and not learn.Doing is valuable too
20. Some days you just have to make time. It’s worth it.
21. Pushing yourself forward is just walking on a path or journey towards your goals. (This was a class day, also.)
22. You can do anything as long as you work for it.
23. People will notice your efforts. Keep on to show yourself your efforts. (This was a class day, I  know because people are starting to see my efforts in class. I don’t yet see my improvements, though. I still feel like a newbie who knows nothing.)
24. Strength is worked at not given.
25. You can still work even if you are tired. It will be more of an accomplishment.
26. Sometimes realizing it’s the last part of the day makes the rest worth it.

You can see some days I was stereotypical in my motivation, other days it was more aimed towards keeping track of my main thought. I hope you enjoyed it and let me know what you think.