Month: September 2020

What’s your WHY?

Ask yourself that.

WHAT IS YOUR WHY?

Work? Check.

Training? Check and Check.

Diet? Ummmmmmm……check?

Feeling pretty awesome? Big time check.

I’m taking it to another level today: it’s my first class with Harvard Business School’s Business Analytics Program. Work, plus this class, plus training for late June 2021’s Ironman requires a TON of preparation and sticking to a serious schedule.

I’m tired just thinking about this.

Got the work in this morning.

Got the work in this evening.

Going to put my head on the pillow feeling like I

“Unless you attempt to do something beyond that which you have already mastered, you will never grow.” – deep words from Les Brown.

Rise and grind. That is all.

There are mornings where I want to quit. This was one of them. I’m sore as hell. I know I’m over-doing it, and I knew I was going to feel like this at some point. The key is to get up tomorrow morning and keep the streak alive.

Instead of a pure strength workout, today I decided to see how many push-ups I could do in 2 minutes. Rested for 3 minutes. Did it again. 5 sets in total.

That sucked.

Then I hopped on the bike for an hour to sweat.

Evening run was relaxing, but I was definitely achy.

Trust me – it becomes easier when you practice. I’ve now built some solid habits:

– I’m waking up at 4:15am every morning and NOT hitting the snooze button.

– I’m getting 30-35 minutes of strength work in each morning. I’m getting that in first, while my body isn’t awake enough to realize what I’m doing to it.

– I’m scoring 60 minutes on the Peloton each morning, wrapping up by 6am. 60 minutes at an average of 20mph more or less burns 700-900 calories.

– The endorphins I’m enjoying each morning after this workout are fantastic. I’m in a positive mood, and I’m psyched to get more stuff accomplished.

– Each day at 7am, I am taking 60 minutes to learn something new. This month, I’ve been focusing on listening to past panel discussions held by financial industry organizations to so that I hear multiple perspectives on things that affect my occupation. It’s making me a more rounded compliance professional. October will be all about creativity. November will be dedicated to learning a language – this month will be knocking the rust off of my Italian. December will be focused on studying for a level 1 Somm exam. Who knows what 2021 will bring.

– At exactly 4:30pm, I sign off from work and I immediately get my run in. This way I have enough time in the evening to eat dinner, wind down a bit, decompress, and hit the sack by 9pm.

It wasn’t easy in the beginning. It’s not easy now. But it’s not impossible.

Good happens feel great. Enough said.

Morning strength training and I biked some to burn off the crazy. The evening run is something I absolutely crave now. That was quick.

Here’s a little motivation for you:

Things are beginning to become routine now. Get up, strength training, hop on the bike and sweat off the crazy, shower, change and get to work. It has taken a long while for this habit to become ingrained, mainly because it didn’t have enough importance placed upon it.

I allowed my mind to become clouded. I embraced the simple concept of being and feeling comfortable. When you get too comfortable, you lose your hunger. That’s what happened to me.

“If you’re not careful, talent will take you places where your character can’t keep you.” – Eric Thomas