The feeling of sitting in your warm car in the middle on winter looking at the rain, winds, freezing temperate and knowing your going to jump out in your boardshorts to jump into the ocean for a 5 minute swim.
It's weird, you don't have to do it. It's not proving anything to anyone and people won't care if you do or don't ....
So why do I do this?
The same reason that I compete when I don't have to. No one is forcing me to do this, it's difficult, my mind often is my own worse enemy ... I often think that this will be my last time doing this, I don't enjoy this feeling
And then, once you've completed the difficult task, once your one the other side. The feeling that you've accomplished this, you've beaten your mind and achieved the end result is a feeling that FAR out weighs the little difficulty of starting the task.
Trust the process and do something that is hard, that other people don't do .. something that means something to you and not other people.
For my winters swim, my mantra is simple. It's just cold, it's just uncomfortable. It's not going to hurt you. You'll enjoy your coffee so much more as a reward for your efforts.
Competing, that's different. I've started to enjoy competing much more, not because I'm doing the best I have ever done. But because i have put the hard time in at training, with my diet, with my time sacrifice and I've been dedicated to the cause.
I can't do much more then what I'm doing now, so I'm happy to be where I am. I don't step on the mats and wish I had put more time into training and myself. I feel contempt and complete. Only 1 person can win and I've put myself into the best position to do this.
Enjoy your journey, do the small things that are difficult and uncomfortable. This is where you grow.
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