Diet starts tomorrow. Right?
Or..
When you lose those stubborn 20 lbs, you’ll finally be happy.
You’re just waiting for the right time..right? Meanwhile, your entire life is passing by. Before you know it, you’ll be 80 years old, with your best days behind you, wondering what the fuck you did with your life.
Why wait?
Simple. Fear. Fear is holding you back.
For so long, I let fear dictate what I did with my life. Fear of what others thought of me. Fear of failure. Fear of being sad.
The only thing that did for me was make me contempt. Being OK with being average. Accepting that I likely wouldn’t be able to do all the things I wanted to do in life, but I was comfortable. That’s what matters, right? Comfort?
Nah.
Losing 20 lbs won’t make you happy. Putting off your new workout regiment until Monday, or the the beginning of the month, of the new year, won’t make you happy.
I recently quit my job in Corporate America to go full time into my coaching business. I was receiving a stable paycheck. Nice benefits – 401k, paid vacation, paid travel, health benefits.
I gave it all up.
Why? Because I was unhappy. I had so much anxiety everyday prior to firing up my laptop. I wasn’t growing as a person. It was holding me back.
I broke down in tears one morning before work because the weight of it all was too much.
I was waiting until things got better at work (newsflash: they didn’t. They got worse.). I was waiting until I was able to make as much money with my coaching business before I quit. I was waiting until the end of the quarter every quarter, to finish up my projects, before quitting.
One thing led to another. I stayed too long. I was miserable. My friends and family knew it. Co-workers knew it. I couldn’t take it any longer.
That day, I put in my resignation.
I haven’t looked back since.
Now, I quit my 9-5 to work 24/7. I don’t regret it for a second. I’m being true to myself, and being my most authentic self.
I’m happy. I’m growing. I’m learning.
I stopped waiting and took action.
It’s time for you to stop waiting, too.
Matt