What happens tomorrow?
Seriously. You did great today: ate clean, got a WOD, slept well. Awesome day. Or maybe you did horribly: ate crap, got 3 hours of sleep, and the only WOD was called work.
What happens tomorrow? What are you going to do then?
See, a great plan is essential, and (in a way) moronic. Yet taking everything “one day at a time” is crucial to your success and the best plan for utter failure.
Your physical life is kind of like driving, in a way. Lots of shit going on in your car, the engine’s humming, the radio’s blasting, the kids are yelling — but there’s lots of stuff happening on the road in front of you too. Spend too much time only looking at the bumper in front of you and you’re going to crash. Spend too much time staring 3 car lengths ahead and you’re going to crash. You have to take everything in all at once — the near, the far, the distractions, the joys — and process it all and still perform.
So, don’t fail to plan but also don’t fail to be here now. Both are essential to getting where you want to go. If you can manage to drive a car, you can manage to handle your workouts, your nutrition, your sleep, and your life. Don’t freak out. Work today but keep an eye on tomorrow, and the day after that, and after that. You can do this. Make good choices now and get where you want to go.
(Image courtesy of Nicole Bedard Photography.)
