Going after what you truly desire

For me, this blog is a great way to jot down any thoughts and feelings I have, it is a place to keep them. As I am coming to the end of my PT course, it has just really got me thinking how lucky I am. I am so so unbelievably excited that I have decided to say f*** it and follow my true passion, which is health and fitness.

I have sat in countless job interviews where they have asked “why HR”, “why recruitment”, “why marketing” etc. For every single question, I could not think of a genuine answer that just came naturally from the heart. But if someone asked me, why health and fitness, they would probably instantly regret it to be honest as they would not be able to shut me up.

If I could sum up “why health and fitness”; it would probably go something like this;

I honestly live and breathe health and fitness. If I am not training, I am reading books about health and fitness, I am cooking healthy food, coming up with new recipes for healthy treats, scrolling through my instagram feed, which is basically all workouts and healthy food. If people ask me for advice in this space, I light up, I can honestly feel the passion coming out of me when I talk about it, it brings me pure happiness to chat about this subject, and I could go on all day. I want to share my love for it with others, and I want them to see how amazing they can feel and help them reach their goals. So why fitness? Because it’s my whole life, it’s not a job to me - it’s a vocation. It is like this beautiful secret I have unlocked, I am still learning, but I want to share it with others and help them realise how amazing it can be!

I was listening to a podcast recently and they were talking about how can you listen to your intuition. Your intuition comes from your heart and your gut. If you place your hand on your heart, and think of a path you may take, for example for me it is going against the conventional life my society has mapped out for me and becoming a personal trainer. When I place my hand on my heart and think of this, I just get such a strong feeling of positive energy, happiness, excitement and success. I just “know:. You are then supposed to do the same thing, but place your hand on your gut - your gut feeling is usually what you want to do and you should take action on this. But more often than not, this feeling is way outside of your comfort zone. In my opinion you should always listen to your gut (especially if it is a healthy gut filled with whole foods ;)). If you ignore it, and stay in your comfort zone - which is what we are inherently programmed to do as humans for survival purposes - you will never grow or evolve.

I am taking a huge risk, turning away from everything that was expected of me - getting a 9-5 corporate job in the city straight out of University, the ‘safe ‘ option if you will. A HUGE risk by turning my head away from all this, and going into the fitness industry to try and make it as a Personal Trainer, where there is endless competition, long, antisocial hours. Yes, there is money to be made, but this comes months, even years after a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into your business. So yes it is risky, it could all go wrong and I could never really become a successful PT. But what is the worst that can happen? A few years down the line, I decide that maybe it wasn’t the right path for me and I go back to looking for a corporate job. That’s WORST case scenario, which is really not that bad.

BEST case scenario - I pick up clients fast, build amazing relationships with them, change their lives, work my own hours whilst earning an amazing income that allows me freedom to travel and see my family whenever I want, get a golden retriever (that I can bring to work ;;)), not have to worry about whether I can afford groceries for the week and be genuinely ecstatic to get up every day and go to a job I love.

How do I know this is right for me? I just know. To be honest, I don’t care how long it takes, I don’t care how much work I have to put in, this is my dream, and I have been given the opportunity to make it a reality - so I refuse to let it slip away.

This is probably just a whole load of word vomit on a page at this point, so I wont ramble on for much longer. But I just want to say, don’t be afraid to go after what you want. Yes it is scary, and yes, it’s going to be uncomfortable (to be honest, this is probably the most uncomfortable blog I felt I have written because it is so raw and something I would usually only put in a journal), but how can I expect to grow and progress with this if I do not put my true authentic self out there. No one ever did great things within their comfort zone. Ever. Think about it, every achievement you have had probably had an element of discomfort to it. For example - getting the confidence to ask someone out on a date, this is uncomfortable, but you never know they could just be your one, so you have to try.

Here is something I have learned. Discomfort usually comes from the perception of what others will think or feel about us. Let this go. Honestly who really gives a sh*t what anyone else thinks about us if its not “yes they are smashing it”. If they are negative or put you down, thats because of their own issues, nothing to do with you or what you are doing. They are just jealous that you have the courage and the confidence to go after what you believe in and are turning your dreams into a reality. Not many people have the courage to do this, and they are one of them, so they make themselves feel better by making fun of someone who is not afraid to chase their dreams, because of their fear of being left behind. That’s all it is. SO you do you, at the end of the day, everyone is out for themselves. You got this.

I am not really sure this is going to be helpful for anyone to be honest, but maybe this will give you the push you need if you are thinking about heading down a completely different route. Just know you are not alone, there are so many of us out there taking a similar leap and want to support one another - and that is what this post is, I want to offer you support to go for it.

I promise my next post will be more insightful info and not just basically a journal for myself hehe. I have got some great ideas to write about and now that my PT course is done, I will have more time to really pump out the blogs! I am going to aim for twice a week. Wednesday’s and Sunday’s.

Wednesday - because apparently this is the best day to start a new goal (I thought it would be Monday too, but Wednesday - your motivation stays through the weekend, which is the hardest part. So now I like Wednesday as a productive post day).

Sunday - I want to make this a weekly dose of positivity blog, for someone to read on that gloomy Monday morning or hungover Sunday eve, to make you feel like you can conquer the week ahead.

Please please subscribe, I would be so grateful! Then you will never miss any of my blogs. I promise the next one is coming on Wednesday - and this will be all about skin and mental health. Just a general discussion on it as I think it is such an important topic, as well as my personal experience with this, and tips to overcome this.

Thanks so much for reading and I’ll see you on Wednesday :) xxx