You Can't Escape from Yourself
I had dinner with my client, and I had three mugs of beer. After the taxi dropped me off, I checked my phone to see the number of steps that I have walked. I am still short about 4000 steps.
My face is still warm from the beer. I kept telling myself that no one knows that I have missed my target steps. After all, I need to have dinner with my client. My business should rank ahead of my daily fitness target. It is 1015pm, I should call it a night.
Those thoughts and excuses kept ringing in my head. As those voices grow lounder, the angrier I get. I told myself that no one but myself knows about my fitness target. I am the only person knows whether I am in the right condition to complete my daily fitness target. I cannot escape from myself. As soon as I got back home, I changed to my gym clothes and got back out.
I brisk walked about 30 minutes to reach my targeted steps. My face remained warm from the beer, but I was not intoxicated. I have a million reasons to skip the day's fitness target. All the reasons are valid. Yet, I know I will be angry at myself that I miss the target.
As I finished my walk, I wondered how many opportunities that I have given up when I decided to take the easy path? We all have a hidden reservoir waiting to be tapped. Dig deep and take yourself to the next level. Do not give in to the excuses. You can't escape from yourself.