This morning…I got up…dark and early…to go to the gym for my workout…I think
it’s been about three weeks since I got there before work…it started simply enough…I had a cold…and…allergies…I was miserable…so I missed a full week…then…the cold was better…but my eyes were still bothering me…so…I still didn’t go…convincing myself that the extra rest would be good for me…
Finally…at the end of the second week of no activity…I started going in the afternoon and doing cardio…then…a workout on my day off…and…another on Sunday…and I knew…I needed to get back into my routine…
The only problem was…I didn’t want to…I wanted to work out…I just didn’t want to get up so early…I wanted to enjoy those last few minutes in the bed…I dreaded it…I made excuses…even during the night…when I got up to go to the bathroom…I recited all the reasons why I probably shouldn’t go…
But…this morning…when the time came…I got up…I won’t say I was…wide awake and ready…but…I got up…and I went…and…once I was there…I was glad I had gone…and…I know I will go again on Thursday…
Bertha…said that’s the way it is…it is easy to break a good habit…and it’s easy to stay there…making excuses…saying I’ll get back on my path…whatever it is…tomorrow…instead of taking action in the moment…
She says that the way to break that cycle…is to focus on what I really want…and…that will give me the push I need to get back in the swing of things…
Jane
Once again Bertha was right… … As the way to break that cycle of making excuses… is to focus on what you want… Sometimes changing sets allows to discover that the things we were to avoid weren´t so bad after all…
I do believe that if we don´t give challenges & new options a shot…Well then… I guess we´ll never know if they are worth it…
Cheers Jane & happy weekened , Aquileana 🙂
Thank you Aquileana…your words definitely ring true this morning! Happy weekend to you as well! 😉