”If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.” - Robert Conklin
I can find a million excuses to not work out. I can find a million reasons to avoid the gym, to ignore the treadmill and walk away from running. I have paid the year-long membership fees and walked away after a month, I have purchased the expensive home-gym equipment and used it to hang my laundry (oh don't lie, i know you've done it too), and I have bought the $180 running shoes and have never moved a mile. What I have been searching for is the one reason that makes me want to go.
The fact is, no one cares. No one cares if I paid for a membership and didn't use it. Nautilus could care less that I spent $2000 on a piece of equipment that I now use to hand up my delicates. So if I am trying to find a reason to change to improve myself, I have to start limiting my search to something much closer...possibly in a mirror.
It's been two days since my last work out, and although my reasons for not going were both legitimate, I am disappointed. (I think I actually feel fatter) I don't want to get into the habit of missing regular workouts because I'm scared that once I start finding reasons (read: excuses) to not work out, that I will stop going altogether. So what to do what to do?
I am going to declare my commitment that I will be going to running class tomorrow. No matter how much it sucked on my first run, I am going to go running tomorrow. Why don't you all come join me at 5:30pm? No excuses.
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