Celebrate In The Face Of Failure

So you set your time frame, you created clear, achievable goals – you journalled every day and you stuck to the plan. Yet you did not achieve success.

Well guess what, its not a cause for doom and gloom. It’s not a reason to cry and eat chocolate and icecream. It’s a reason to celebrate. Why you ask? Well I’ve been there. Not very long ago! You may have read my recent journey. I decided to take three weeks and use them to their fullest potential – I wanted to get back into working out and get back into shape. I stuck to the plan and journalled every day – yet I didn’t see the results I was looking for. Perhaps my goals were not clear enough – but the fact that I didn’t see any physical results was quite depressing and would not have changed no matter what my goals were.

But don’t give up now! It is not the end of the world – and you did not fail.

 

• You persevered
• You stuck to the plan
• You have working data

First reason. You persevered. You got to the end of the time frame and you didn’t give up. Perseverance is a hugely loaded word. It means to continue even when the going looks impossible. If you can persevere with something, that means you have amazing self control and self motivation. That is a reason to celebrate. It is a reason to pat yourself on the back and realise you have achieved something you didn’t necessarily set out to achieve. Well done.

Secondly – you stuck to the plan. You journalled and you worked out like you said you would. You set goals that were clear and achievable and you had a set time frame. Yes, sticking to the plan is similar to perseverance. However, perseverance has to do with the mind, and sticking to the plan I think has a bit more to do with the physical. Persevering is making a mental choice, and sticking to the plan is actually doing it. Congratulations on following through with your mental choice!

Thirdly – you have working data. You kept your journal and you can look back and see what went wrong.

You have victory in your hands! You have the perseverance, you have the stickability, and you have the ability to alter your program. Now you have all the tools you need to go for your goals and achieve success. That is the thing with fitness – you’ll never find the perfect solution first time. It requires a lot of hard work – mistakes, failures – a lot of experiences that will only shape you and help you learn and achieve the ultimate solution. This is what sustainable fitness is all about!

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