Every morning we wake up and we make one of three choices.
- Improve | 2. Stay the Same | 3. Deteriorate
No choice equals staying the same.
Being a warrior is leading the life you WANT to live. Pursuing the vision you have for yourself and your family. Living a life misaligned with your internal vision often leads down a path of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and heartbreak.
Being a warrior is different for everyone. To some it’s bulging muscles and being able to right hook someone if the need came. For others, knowledge is their power. Each one of us has something that we excel at and is our contribution to the world.
The problem is that we often focus on our weaknesses rather than our power. From a young age we’re taught to work on the things we are not good at. This focus keeps us in the lowest version of ourselves.
I know this because I’ve lived it to the extreme. As a young child I did what I wanted and didn’t care what everyone else said. I’d spend hours lost in books and played sports as I quickly realized I hated Barbie’s. I became good at sports and made a USA softball team and traveled to the Netherlands. I went into motocross and nearly made it as a pro before crushing my body too many times. I started my first successful business at 18 years old and I pursued my dream when no one else really understood what I was doing. I lived life on my terms.
To the other extreme, I was on a 12 year road to an abusive relationship that ended with me very close to dying. On one hand, I gained an incredibly amazing kiddo out of it, but during the relationship I struggled daily with how much what I was living didn’t align with what I envisioned for my life. One day, I finally was faced with making a decision, to live or to change my circumstances. It was not as clear as I wish it was. My kiddo became my reason to change. Since then, I have gone to wars against my own mind, my abuser and today, I stand as a freakin’ warrior who still cries, who still drinks her coffee in the morning while rushing out the door and who makes mistakes along the way. I’ve prioritized my mental fitness (as Simon Sinek shares) and
But damn if I’m not a warrior now like I never once imagined I could be. I’ve stepped into my superpower and I continue to grow it every day.
I started by improving myself just 1% at a time. I’m still doing it today.
You can do it too. Even though it may seem like there is absolutely no way out of the darkness, I promise it’s possible.
It’s done 1% at a time.
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