Well I've done it. After all the emails, phone calls, text messages, and random conversations it was time to start putting some thoughts out in cyberspace to add to the human and workout experience.
So this is the first. Number one with a bullet. The watershed moment where life is divided into everything that happened before and and after this momentous event. And yet I am staring at my computer screen nervous as can be and looking for any and every distraction that I can find. But that is enough of that, time to focus.
During my workouts yesterday and today I keep thinking about the one piece of information that I wanted to share for this first post. Of everything that came flooding into my mind it came down to one thing. Goals. Just over a year and a half now I have been focused on taking the steps to travel to Italy this August and compete at the World Masters Games in Weightlifting and representing the USA. It was a big goal considering that I had not ever formally competed until October 2011. With the help of my amazing wife, we laid out a plan and set a budget, and then it was up to me to develop a training plan to put me in a position to be competitive.
Like anyone who has every had a lofty goal, there were set backs and people who tried to minimize what you want. What kept me going was knowing that even if I failed, got injured, or was laughed at none of that mattered because I was doing what made me happy and it was the right thing for me. We had a plan, set markers to measure progress, and was in a constant state of using evidence to make decisions. Each day the grind began, and each day the excuses or distractions tried to pull me away. But it all came back to the goal and the plan. Each step was defined and just needed to focus on what was right in front of me. Complete the workout goal so you can complete the competition goal. It's like driving at night. You may not be able to see past your headlights, but you'll make it 500 miles by doing so.
Decide on what your goal is and attack it. Find people that share your passion and feed off of each others' passion. Guard it and protect if from the doubters since most of them live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory or defeat. Take your chance. Revel in the excitement or the heartbreak and share it with the people that are important to you. Then get to bed. Tomorrow examine everything that effected the outcome, make changes, and lace up your boots. It's time to go to work!
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