Re-Discovering Life.............

Re-Discovering Life.............

This blog is dedicated to all my friends who have shown me that their is more to life than bodybuilding. For the last three years I lived in this bodybuilding world in my head. I ate, slept and lived bodybuilding. Not because I don't have an outrageous and great career and set of friends, but because I thought I had to. I thought to accomplish my goals in bodybuilding I had to be this way. Their is a WHOLE big world out there full of opportunities, experiences and people. I have lived in this life where I worked, went to the gym, packed meals, measured meals, ate meals, went to bed, woke up, did cardio and did a repeat the next day. Heaven forbid I skipped a back workout to do something like...experience life, have fun, chill with friends, etc....

I was making myself miserable. Not because I don't love bodybuilding, I do and I still have high goals and aspirations when it comes to competing but because I had this as my top priority. When I finally sat back and reflected I had myself CONVINCED I was happy, I even told myself I was daily...but I realised I really wasn't. I couldn't prioritize my life to not live in this "bodybuilding" world part time and the real world full time. My big fun was experiencing different restaurants, going to the movies, baking and playing with my cat. Whooptie Doo! I always made the excuse of money...I don't have money to do that, or to do this...then I realised..........it was just that........an excuse.

I truly believe those people who give up traveling the world, having fun experiences and spending time with family and friends cause their "bodybuilding lifestyle" doesn't allow it, will someday, like me, sit back and realise that they are not 110% happy.

Since this time I have chosen to spend more time enjoying the flowers in my life. The people, things and experiences that I will look back on in 30 years and remember and not regret never doing.

So I challenge you to re-evaluate things in your own life....are you having fun, experiencing new things and exploring the world....OR is it the same thing day in and day out?