I thought today would be easier to get by having slept more last night but that’s just not the case. I worked myself to the bone today. I still haven’t eaten a single thing and I got two jump rope sessions I got to get through. My muscles cramp faster and easier right now. That’s all ok, that’s all just part of my story. To become the man I want to be I have to be able to get through days like today. Not just get through them but make them my own. Own them. Own every movement I do and have the intention and purpose to do good work. Not just going through the movements and wishing for the day to end. That isn’t who I want to be. I want to be the guy who can still perform at his best no matter how bad he feels.
The guy who doesn’t care about the conditions. The one who wakes up knowing it might be a rough day and still doesn’t let it shake him. The guy who sees the cramps, the hunger, the exhaustion and says, “So what?” That’s who I want to be. I don’t want to wait for the perfect moment, the perfect energy levels, the perfect meal. I don’t want to make excuses for why today wasn’t good enough. I want to be the one who performs regardless of how far from perfect the day is.
It’s on days like this that I know I’m being forged. It’s these days that define the person I’m becoming. When things are easy, when the body’s fresh, the stomach’s full, and the sleep was deep—those days don’t challenge me. But today, today I’m being tested. Today is the day that counts. Every movement through the pain, every jump with that rope, every cramp that screams at me to stop—it’s all carving me into the man I want to be.
I’m not doing this just to get through the day; I’m doing it to build a part of me that doesn’t quit. A part of me that sees every difficult day as an opportunity. It’s a reminder that nothing about this journey is supposed to be comfortable. Growth is born in discomfort. So I welcome it. I embrace it. Each cramp, each moment of hunger, each wave of fatigue is another lesson, another test, and I’m not failing it. Not today. Not tomorrow.
