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Never underestimate the power of your attitude.
Today’s “Fitness Motivation” post comes to you via the last two days of my life. Hang in there while I tell you what went down.
Day #1: I snoozed through my alarm because I was just too tired. The 60 minutes that I had left myself to workout became 15, and even then my attitude towards my at-home workout was rather begrudging as secretly I pined to be back in bed. Work was a rather mundane day; I went through the motions and did what I needed to do but otherwise pretty devoid of any more emotion. After a 10 hr day at work I was pretty exhausted and felt that way until my head hit the pillow that night. That night as I went to sleep, I did so with the resolve to make the next day a lot better than this one was.
Day #2: woke up on time to my alarm, jumped out of bed, and went to the gym for a great 60 minute workout with weights. I went to work that day with increased vigor and what I swore to be heightened mental clarity. I never really sunk into that slowed-down and groggy state and was therefore a lot more productive throughout the day. That night as I went to sleep I recounted to myself how much better this day was than the day before. Ultimately my mind came to rest on one question…
“What was the difference?”
The answer – determination! On day #2 I was much more dedicated to my goals. I had made a resolve to chase down these dreams and nothing was going to get in the way. I had determined to make things happen and nothing was going to get in the way of that. Sure there may have been a strong placebo to this whole thing – simply me telling myself it was going to better may have very well made it better – but ultimately isn’t that what I was after, anyway?!
Never underestimate the power of your attitude. Tell yourself that you’re going to make it the best day possible and then do everything in your power to make it that way! When you wake up, do it with the determination to feel accomplished, to chase down dreams, and to get {stuff} done. When you go to bed at night lay down with pure satisfaction that results from accomplishing everything on your to-do list. Then get some rest. Tomorrow’s another day.
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Make it happen,
Jared
By Jared Beckstrand