<h2><strong>Here we are again...</strong></h2>
Honestly, I feel like I write the same blog post every few months. Something about how I've been slacking, and it's hard to get going, and I'm <em>totally back</em> and reinvigorated and I'm gonna <em>crush</em> this blogging and podcasting thing. <strong>Aaaand then I don't. </strong>The other day, though... I have to say... it dawned on me. As I was in the middle of attempting to get my life straightened out... it hit me. I figured out how to win at everything forever. (Yes, really!)

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<h2><strong>Yeah, I know, I know, I KNOW!</strong></h2>
Clickbaity title, same old song and dance... but really. This time I've got it. <em>This is really it.</em> You ready for this? The secret to the universe...

<strong>If you want it... you have no choice but to rip yourself out of your comfort zone and just effing MAKE IT HAPPEN.</strong>

Totaly what you wanted to hear right? Really though... I've been saying to my wife and the owner at the gym... you can only help the willing. And that was what hit me when I was sitting there lamenting my situation. Lately... and by lately I mean for an unreasonably long time... I've been struggling. I haven't been producing as many blog posts as I'd like, my social media game hasn't been strong, and I'd love to be doing better with personal training reach. Not only that, home life has been a struggle too - daily household chores and such.
<h2><strong>And it dawned on me - it's my own damned fault.</strong></h2>
At the end of the day, it's really that simple. Yes, I have legitimate medically diagnosed issues with focus and attention, but I could be doing a better job controlling it. I know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know what's going to result in a "win" for the day. I also know what course of action is going to result in me wasting an entire day with nothing to show for it. At the end of the day... you could even go so far as to call it laziness.
<h2><strong>And often, it's the same damn thing with our fitness.</strong></h2>
Really - if you're struggling with your fitness... with general weight loss or running or whatever... ask yourself something. The reasons and excuses for why it's not working... are they REALLY immovable, uncontrollable, show-stopping issues? Or are they just... convenient? Are these things something you COULD work around if you <em>really </em>wanted to? If you were motivated enough? You get a pass if you're working 80+ hours a week... but I even know people that are working around THAT sort of issue.
<h3><strong>It's so easy to talk your way out of it.</strong></h3>
Really - take a hard look at yourself and your situation. If you're being dead honest with yourself... is it REALLY out of your control? Or is it just easier to say you can't and blame it on x, y, or z? "I don't have time", "I don't have the money", "i'm not fit enough to do this" and a myriad other statements are usually easy outs. I realize this might not be the popular opinion... but it's the truth. How do I know? I lived it - I see and hear it every day... and I used those same excuses myself.