Know Your Weaknesses And Then Demolish Them

Part of the reason I do not mind aging is because you never stop learning and, therefore, you never stop bettering yourself.  I learn something new each day and I apply those lessons to my life so that I can be the best possible version of myself.  One of the greatest lessons that I have learned is to know what my weaknesses are.  When I know my weaknesses, I am able to formulate a game plan to overcome them.

Last winter, I discovered how much I enjoy hitting the gym first thing in the morning before heading to the office.  It was smooth sailing on 

My workout board and equipment

that routine for a year until I started my daughter in preschool.  That meant I would have to forgo my morning gym time on the days I had to take her school before heading to work.  The "old me" reaction would have been to not worry about it and work out whenever I felt like it which would have turned into never.  The "new awesome me" reaction was to opt for working out at home on those mornings and then research and devise several different workout routines and purchase a few pieces of equipment for those workouts.  Then, in the few weeks before my new schedule was to begin, I did several trial runs of my routines so that I could time them out and plan my mornings accordingly.  It is going on 3 months with this new schedule and my physique has not suffered even a little bit.  That was one of my biggest concerns going into this.  I have a huge disdain for working out at home, so I was afraid that the tone and definition that my dedication to my morning gym sessions had brought me would disappear once I took those a.m. sweat sessions home.  To the contrary, in fact.  Plus, it has opened up my mind up to the advantages of working out at home.  Though I will never completely dedicate my workouts to my living room, it is nice having another option for times when going to the gym is just not possible.  Weakness: Demolished.  Mission: Accomplished.

One of my favorite sayings is, "If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail."  The "new awesome me" refuses to accept failure as an option.  A little cocky sounding?  Sure.  Completely necessary for demolishing obstacles?  Most definitely.  You are the only one responsible for yourself and for your happiness.  You are worth the effort of ensuring your own success.