10/15, 9:12am
It is a slow morning today. It’s getting colder here on the east coast and, the warmth of my bed is getting harder to leave in the morning. Oddly, I’ve been sleeping with socks on so winter must’ve come early.
As I sit at my dining room table, with this page open, I am logging a list of the winter activities that I always say I will do, but never end up doing. I want to ski, snowboard, snow tube, and have a little “winter wonderland weekend.” These are not “normal” activities where I live.
Although I am a “if it happens, then it happens” type of thinker, I have become more intentional about putting myself in spaces that I want to be in and making it happen.
There’s this little trick I learned in high school sports. Vision yourself winning. These visions made me a better athlete, mentally. And in turn I physically became better. My brain believed that I was great, and so my body proved it.
I take this trick throughout life to set myself up for success. Without preparation we leave more room for failure (notice how I said “more room for failure”). Don’t get caught up in the preparation that you become afraid to start and then the goals just become stale and old.
I share this story to ask you, what is something that you envision for your future or present self? What is a goal that you may or may not be close to?
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