“This is what you deserve. You could be great today. But instead, you chose tomorrow.”
– Meditations, Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays translation)
It’s easy to think, I’ll do it later. To get caught up in the moment and skip what needs doing.
This moment? It’s the result of choices. Made and rejected.
But isn’t every moment like that?
Being who you were yesterday, today, is a choice.
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget how important that choice is.
On the fitness front, I’ve been frustrated that I’m not seeing massive results overnight.
But that’s silly. I know it.
I am getting results.
I need to remind myself that my gap year away from fitness is what I’m paying for now. The progress I see today is wiping out those losses.
Losing three inches off my waist in five weeks? That’s awesome. But let’s be real. It’s the pudge I added during that gap year. Those choices. That’s what I’m dealing with.
I deserve that. I let go of my goals for a solid year. Then I spent six months experimenting to find a routine that works.
Now? I’m working my way back. I’m not there yet.
“You could be great today.”
Instead, I’m making up for lost time.
Progress is this. Showing up daily. Doing the grind.
Is this the house of gains? Or pain?
Regardless. Putting in the work.