Vulnerability time! ⠀
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The words below pulled verbatim from a scrappy email to my own coach on March 24th of this year, when she challenged me to identify my WHY:⠀
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🌿Because I care about myself after being at the bottom of the list for decades⠀
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🌿Because I love the way it feels to want to look in the mirror rather than avoid it⠀
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🌿Because the weight of regret is heavier than anything else I’ve ever carried around⠀
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🌿Because my kids are watching and I know the stakes have never been higher⠀
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🌿Because I love feeling confident in my skin; it empowers me and gives me confidence I never had until I was 40 years old. I won’t give that up.
🌿 Because it allows my daughters see a woman whom I am proud to embody - in mindset and integrity. I see my habits in their actions and hear my words in their voices - in all the best ways.
🌿Because it means I am the person in charge of my life - I am not a victim - and I do what I say I am going to do.⠀
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You see, the specific goals don’t really matter here. Mine are different than yours and yours should be different than hers.⠀
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What matters, is what is PULLING me to them.⠀
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Those three girls up there? They are my air. And I know there is more at stake than my own self-esteem if I don’t have my life together here. ⠀
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But as you read above, it isn’t all about them. My own investment in myself, FOR MYSELF, allows me to be a better human. For them and everyone I encounter.⠀
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Let go of whatever in your current environment is PUSHING you. ⠀
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Instead, lean into the pull. That’s where you’ll find your why. Dig deep. It is that PULL that will keep you going when things get rough and you want to quit. ⠀
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Don’t look at the ground, look at the skyline. That’s the direction you want to go.⠀
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