Sacrifice for long term success

This has been a topic I have had on my mind for a while so I thought I would just put pen to paper ‘figuratively speaking’ and see what comes up. 

So I have been working hard lately in lots of different avenues, and recently I have sort of felt like I have been burning the candle at both ends if you will. I work at least a couple of hours pretty much every single day, sometimes it’s 1 hour, sometimes it’s 12, it really depends. I know 1 hour doesn’t seem like a lot, but without a day off, it really builds up.

Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love what I do, and it brings me so much joy, and I am so lucky to be progressing so quickly. However I currently feel like I don’t have time to do everything I want. Something has got to give.

Because I am working every day, it doesn’t leave me much free time for myself let alone seeing friends/family. At this point in time, I need to be making sacrifices. My career only really properly started in January, so I know I need to be focussing all of my time into my work, I have chosen this path. It’s tiring, but I love it and I am happy to do it. I get to help people transform their lives & bodies for a living and they leave my sessions with nothing but endorphins - to me this is such a magical thing and I feel so lucky I get to call it my job. There is no better feeling than helping/teaching someone else how to become their best self because you know how good they can feel. 

But as I am just starting out, and I want nothing but to be a huge success, this is where all of my attention needs to be at the moment. This means sacrificing my social life for a little while. And I am so fine with that, because I know it will be worth it in the end. And those who are really true friends, will stick around. Equally, it is important to surround yourself with people who have the same mindset and goals as you, so if you are not aligning with some old friends or they don’t support you through your journey, maybe you didn’t need them in the first place. I am a big believer in quality over quantity, which is totally opposite to what I thought was important 5/10 years ago. I’m not going to hermit myself for years, I am just going to pick and choose special occasions where I know I can be fully present and give my friends my 100% energy and time they deserve. 

If I tried to keep a busy social life, my career would suffer, and my social life would suffer and I do not want that. It is better to give 100% to one thing at a time than giving like less than 30% to multiple things. In my opinion, you need to sacrifice for success

This also applies to career or anything you are working towards & are passionate about, whether it be fitness, beauty, art etc etc. If you have a full time job, and loads of side hustles, you are not reaching your full potential in any of them. Focus on one thing. I found myself being overstretched at work with my classes, PT and still having 3, 8 hour shifts working at reception. Something had to give, as my sleep was the thing that was being sacrificed (a little side note, your personal health and well-being should NEVER be the thing you need to sacrifice, without our health we have nothing, you must take care of yourself). So I decided my main focus is to build myself up as a great fitness instructor and personal trainer, and I’m so lucky to be getting busier and busier already after only a couple of months in the industry, so it is time to stop working at reception. This was a massive step for me as it was on my goal list to stop working there by December 2020, and I achieved this by the end of February, a big scary step, but a step in the right direction, and my career will be better for it I really believe. It may not be as much money initially, but in the long run, this sacrifice will benefit my career. 

This sacrifice takes me back to what I was saying about focussing and channeling your energy into one thing at a time, think about what matters the most, and stick with that - I guarantee you are more likely to be successful if all of your attention is in one place, give it 100%.

I hope you enjoyed this read! I really have not posted on here in such a long time, and wanted to start off with something quick, and motivating for a nice Sunday read. Now that I have more time (I hope), I really want to start posting weekly again. So if there are any topics you want me to touch on, just let me know via instagram, email or my contact form :)

I am also taking on new PT clients, therefore if you are ready to better yourself and make the change that is needed, but need help, shoot me a message! I would love to help you xxx