Know When to Check Yourself!

I had an Ice Cube “check yo self before you wreck yo self” moment today that I really need to share. I’ve been saying some things for the last day or two and I finally “heard” myself this afternoon. I knew what I had been saying, but what I was doing when I said it never really hit me. My words were literally going against everything that I’ve been trying to work on.

I was on the path to quitting before I even started!

Let me break it down for you…

Not too long ago I made a decision to go back to my trainer Jasmine. I had been away for far too long and I knew that I needed to get back in there. I reached out to her before I changed my mind and made an appointment for my first session which is tomorrow. I swear I’ve been counting down like it’s dooms day! I really wasn’t looking forward to the workout out of pure laziness. Over the past few days when people would ask what I was doing on Friday or over the weekend I would mention my training session. However, each time I talked about it I kept saying “I’m SUPPOSED to go to see my trainer, BUT…” or I would say “I have a session with my trainer, but that’s IF I GO.” The first two times people laughed it off, but the 3^rd time I said it I was actually listening to myself and realized that I was setting myself up for failure.  My good friend put me in check too! She said “Alright now Mrs. Accountabilitee! You better quit playing!” I can appreciate a friend checking me because I’m that friend that will check you when needed. I think the bigger picture for me though was that this blog has already begun to do one of the things that I intended for it to do without me even realizing it. I was being held accountable by one of my subscribers who also happens to be a good friend. When she used my name to check me a light went off in my head to remind me that people are watching and failure is NOT an option!

I’ll be at Monstermode Athletics tomorrow afternoon to start my training journey again. This time I am not giving up or allowing a crazy schedule to get in the way of what I need to do. Also, because I was giving up before I even got started I decided to add more to my day as a consequence. Negative talk will not be tolerated or there will be consequences! I have my alarm set for a little earlier than usual so that I can get a workout in before I go to work. Since I wanted to complain about one workout I’m going to reward myself with two! I decided on what I needed to do and now I’m committing to it so that I can succeed!

Accountabilitee starts with me! 😉