“The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom”
I have always been spontaneous as a person and I hate doing the same thing over and over againโฆ.
But when it came to changing my life, I knew I couldnโt do whatever I felt like itโฆ
I needed to keep putting one foot in front of the otherโฆ
I needed to keep progressingโฆ
If I didnโt want to end up like the doctorโs prognosis:
โDuring chemo you will feel tired so do what you canโฆ
During chemo you will feel sick so eat what you canโฆ.โ
I was told over and over againโฆ
That mentality wasnโt going to get me the results I wantedโฆ
There were so many horrendous stories I could have hanged on toโฆ
There were so many things I could have acceptedโฆ.
But insteadโฆ
I thought to myselfโฆ
I am going to carve my own pathโฆ
๐๐ค ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐โฆ
Sometimes I had enough energy to walk around the blockโฆ.
Other days I had energy to ride my bike for 1 hour, do my weights training etcโฆ
Sometimes I couldnโt even prepare my own foodโฆ
Other days I could help my husband with things around the houseโฆ
It would have been so easy to give upโฆ
I felt so sick 24/7โฆ
It would have been so easy to skip a dayโฆ
๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒโฆ
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ…
๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ…
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐…
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ…
So I kept showing up to myself each dayโฆ
To this date, I do the sameโฆ
4 years laterโฆ
This morning I woke up, I meditated then I did my weight training exercisesโฆ.
I ate my healthy breakfastโฆ
I reminded myself of my goals and brought myself back to my centre a million timesโฆ
And it is only lunch time
When my thoughts wonderedโฆ
When my mind tries to take controlโฆ.
Some people will look at this and think it is boringโฆ
It is hard workโฆ
But honestlyโฆ
If you have ever sat in a chemo chair being pricked and prodded for over 1 yearโฆ
Does my routine seem hard?
Yes I wanted to create a different body, mind and soulโฆ
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โฆ
Because no I donโt want sit in that chair againโฆ
And I am prepared to do whatever it takes for me to achieve my goalsโฆ
So boredom is not in the equation anymoreโฆ.
This is what I do and who I am.Hope this inspires you todayโฆ.
To keep goingโฆ.
In whatever you are doing to achieve the success you are looking forโฆ