08/28/2025
The beauty of new beginnings. They don’t need a special day of the week or month. They can happen right now, no matter where you are or how you look or feel.
2025 was off to a good start then it turned. And it turned hard. I reached the highest weight of my life and the lowest mentally I’ve ever been.
And I stopped most everything that I know works for me. The daily walks, morning studying and journaling, the gym and lifting weights, social connections… it all seemed to no longer feel important or meaningful to me.
My mind, body and spirit knew what to do but getting myself to take action felt so hard. Will this actually matter, or help, and will I be able to be consistent? If I make progress won’t it just be a matter of time before I stop be up here again… or even worse?
I got focused on the outcomes I didn’t have in life and lost focus on the only thing that actually matters: EFFORT.
EFFORT IS THE EXPECTATION. Not perfection. Not even progress. Just daily efforts in the direction of our desired self. Focus on that long enough, consistent enough, and you will eventually reach those outcomes. It won’t always be progress either.
There will be down moments and seasons. And as long as you get right back to the efforts, momentum will build again. As long as you can keep some amount of HOPE alive, you can change things.
So just for today, I will remain HOPEful, focus on effort, and the rest will take care of itself.
