The best worst day of my life…
The choices you make matter
I am pretty excited right now
A lot of things are growing, my business, my writing, my reach…. And I am feeling way healthier in my body, fitter every single day.
I think I can trace it all back to one terrible day last year.
I was (and still am) dealing with a really tough life situation.
I was meeting with Sam, my personal trainer and he asked me a really simple question…
“How are you?”
He was genuinely asking AND for the first time in years I started to cry.
And then I shared my story. He listened, without judgment and with a wisdom far beyond his 23 years.
It was a nutrition appointment and here I was bawling like a baby.
It turned out to be the best worst day of my entire life.
“Do you even have the space to focus on your nutrition today?” he asked, kindly.
Silence hung in the air for a moment…
It was a key moment in my life. Seemingly innocuous, and yet so, so important.
Would I let the shit in my life define me?
Would I permit the tough stuff of the past, to block the forward progress of my future?
Again. Silence.
I am proud of the decision that I made that day. And it is a choice that I continue to live by today.
I spoke pretty slowly… “Sam, I think this situation is so tough, it is more imperative than ever that I focus on my nutrition.”
In that moment, I felt a surge of righteous energy.
I was finally, for once in my life, choosing self, prioritising my health, announcing to the world (or Sam anyway) that this body I have been lent was valuable.
That my life deeply mattered.
That I could not serve others if I did not first take care of myself.
The transformation from that one day last year has spread through my entire life and business.
And so this is my call to you today…
All the success in the world that you want STARTS with you.
You will burn out if you don’t prioritise you.
If you learn to deeply listen to the intrinsic voice inside of you… You will find all the answers there.
You matter.
You are important.
You can win.
At everything. Despite your challenges and struggles.
Much love
Geoff. x