Nothing compares to the weight you’re carrying in your mind. You may feel tired. You may feel as if you can’t do another rep. When that happens, do it anyway. Remove that feeling from your psyche. It doesn’t help you in achieving what you set out to achieve. Last night you said you would be up early to finish everything you had to finish. Well now it’s that time. You didn’t wake up at the exact time I asked you to but you’re up and going now. That’s all that matters. This just means you have a little less time to do what you said you wanted to have done before work starts. That just means you have to make this time count. Rest in between, and rest good. When it’s time to stand up and go again, go until it’s all done. Then rest. Repeat until there’s nothing left to do.
Because nothing is heavier than regret. The weight on your mind, the pressure of knowing you could have done more—that’s what drags you down the most. Not the fatigue, not the burning in your muscles, but the thought of stopping when you know you had more to give. That’s the real burden.
So don’t carry it. Erase it before it forms. Push through. Go when it’s time to go. Rest when you must, but only so you can come back stronger. There’s no room for hesitation, no room for “I’ll do it later.” Later is a lie. Later is just an excuse disguised as an option. The only time is now.
And you already proved it—you got up, you started. Maybe not at the exact time, maybe not perfectly, but you didn’t let that stop you. That’s all that matters. Now you finish. You make this time count, you empty yourself into the work, and when it’s all done, then you rest. Fully. Without guilt. Without weight.
