Square One

I often feel like I am starting over

 

and am back at square one.

 

Just when I am getting into a good routine

 

something always seems to happen-

 

it's called LIFE!

 

Recently, I came across this graphic

 

and it has really helped me re-frame my way of thinking-

 

 

Over the holidays I got a bit off track-

 

I was working out some and was trying to eat right!

 

With the start of the new year

 

I (once again) felt like I was starting over at square one.

 

But after seeing this quote

 

I am changing my thoughts on it-

 

LIFE happened-

 

I am not starting over-

 

it's all part of the journey!

 

Instead, I am looking back over my journey

 

 and I am realizing just how much more

 

knowledge, strength and power I have now

 

than when I was at square one.

 

Square one was when I couldn't even run a mile

 

(heck- I couldn't run a quarter of a mile).

 

Square one was when I wasn't strength training at all

 

(and didn't know anything about how to use the weights).

 

Square one was when I didn't pay ANY attention to what I ate.

 

I am most definitely not back there!

 

 

My last post- Forget perfect. Honor progress

 

talked about how I am going to "forget perfect"

 

but it didn't talk much about the "honor progress" part.

 

I think that is another key piece of the puzzle for me!

 

I need to take time to reflect on my journey.

 

I am always challenging myself to be "better"

 

(to be perfect in my own eyes- but what that means I don't really know).

 

Sometimes you have to give yourself credit for how far you have come

 

to realize that you are "better".

 

That will help me keep in mind that I am not starting over-

 

I am just continuing on my journey.

 

LIFE (all of those things that seem to get in the way)

 

 is not a setback- IT IS THE JOURNEY

 

and we need to take time to embrace it!