Im not surprised at all by my lack of results. If I wanted to reach my goal bad enough I would've but I guess I'm just not at the point in my life. I recognize what I need to do to get there and it involves series life changes. Im back to my original regime and and hoping this time around I stick with the plan. This just shows not only that if you don't take your goal seriously that theres a good chance you won't reach it, but that if you aren't willing to sacrifice certain things in order to gain others you probably won't go anywhere in live. Whether its school, work, or fitness, you have to be willing to adapt and commit to the things necessary to get the task done.
It does suck. My friends will give me shit and tell me how tired they are of hearing me tell them that I'm going to make this change, or reach this goal, and then doing nothing but regressing. Embarrassing, but you should really do it for yourself and thats what I think my problem is. Im more worried about impressing others while I should be trying to impress myself. When that becomes the reasoning behind my goal is the day I really make a difference.
This class has really changed my look on failure in the sense that a lot of my idols failed a lot. Especially as a baseball player growing, failure was the very common in the game. Now as I grow older and my idols become a little more realistic in terms of personal obtainability I see that they failed many times as well in order to reach the levelness of what seems to be superiority in my eyes. If you're not willing to fail then you're not going to succeed. Thats what I'll sum up my perspective of failure in this class with.
Hey Ben!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I really related with you post. I wish I would've thought about things outside of education, reading your post made me think of the goal I set spiritually. I vowed that I would pray and read my bible more and more, but as the semester continued my bible reading began happening less and less. I started reading and praying more and more now, hopefully I can get to my initial goal. I hope everything works for you
Hey Ben. This post is something I can really relate to. Ive been telling myself since the beginning of Summer 2017 that I really needed to loose about 20 pounds and consistently eat well and go to the gym. Since then Ive had little kicks of motivation where I do it for 2 weeks at a time then fall back into my old habits. Lately Ive been on one of those kicks and I want to make it last this time. Don't let the failure kill your confidence let to motivate you to do better and be successful in your goals.
ReplyDeleteAh... Fitness! From personal experience, I know how hard it is to eat healthy and keep up with a steady workout routine. Not to mention that healthy food is pretty pricey! It takes a lot of discipline and for me, it gets put on the back burner because of school and work. I was a soccer player in high school and I had big, muscular legs, a six pack (yes some people think it's gross) and an overall healthy lifestyle. College happened and I lost all my muscle mass and thankfully haven't gained much fat but I am trying to get some muscle back so I feel better about myself again! I hope that you can get back on track with it, but set your own pace and don't be too upset even if you have a few setbacks!
ReplyDeleteThis is truly an incredible moment in a person’s life. I believe these are the moments that make a better you. The older more mature version of you is full effect now that you have realized how necessary it is to sacrifice certain vices to move forward in achieving your goal. I have had to learn that in my own experiences as an aspiring physician, so I can relate to the hardships you are going through.
ReplyDeleteWow! Super insightful Ben. It's good to see that you took such a mature stance and realized that the root of your problem was that you idolized other things instead of yourself. I agree with lots of what this post says and have failed in the health thing too. You have to do it for yourself because other things will always eventually let you down.
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