Motivational Wednesday?

This post may be a little long but it has a point... I promise.



Let me start with dance. I took dance for 15 years. Dance was a passion of mine that I took for granted and, in the south dance stops after high school. After college graduation it's time to get married, have kids, and put them in dance. The problem is, I don't want children and therefore I can't get my dance fix through them.

After years of searching for adult dance classes and coming up empty, I gave up. When a wise woman suggested I take the high school classes I thought she was insane but, I jumped at the chance to dance again.

Let's just be clear: It's been 10 years since I stepped foot in a studio, I've gained 65 lbs, and I can't lift my foot waist level, let alone, do a Grand Jete (a jump that only looks good if you have a good split). I WAS TERRIFIED!!!

Don't let me lie to you either, I cleaned the floor with SUCK that first day! Luckily this was just a summer class with VERY few students. I struggled to keep up with the combinations and, I struggled to do the stretches and exercises. Obviously, it was a disaster but I loved EVERY. SINGLE. AGONIZING. MINUTE.

I still struggle. I have to work 5 times harder than the girls in my class just be 1/2 as good as them. The thing is, I'm not there to be the best, I'm not there to prove anything to anyone, and I'm not there to make friends. I'm taking dance for Amy, the only dancer I try to be better than is the dancer I was yesterday.

My point is, don't compare yourself to the person beside you on the treadmill. You don't need to prove anything to anyone but yourself. If you are always trying to be better than someone else, you are going to be disappointed but, if you try to be better than the person you were yesterday, you are going to soar.

Don't look a Becky or Johnny Treadmill running beside you. Figure out your personal best and squash the hell out of it.

Remember: The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday!

Leave me a comment and let me know what personal best you are trying to beat!