01/15/2024
Here’s what keeps me going…
Over break, my mom introduced me to the cold plunge. The idea where things aren’t cold enough, let’s make them colder by submerging ourselves in near freezing water for a whole 2 minutes.
Let me save you the trouble, YOU’RE BRAIN DOESN’T WANT TO DO IT.
And yet, nothing really is bad.
Yes there’s pain. But you’re not gonna die. and it’s only 2 minutes of the day.
Yet the brain resists it!
And yet you can keep going IF YOU TELL YOURSELF TO.
My mom asked me before the plunge,
What thought are you going to tell yourself every second while you’re in there?
Exactly like the goal you have to study instead of go out, save instead of spend, choose healthy instead of sweet, open yourself to rejection rather than hiding, it is HARD. Probably even harder than a cold plunge.
But the principle is the same. You have to remind yourself what this is all about.
As much as your brain has a voice, you do too! And it’s time you said something back when it gets hard.
When it comes to doing hard things in life, the energy you use to keep going ISN’T coming from outside of you.
Sure, it feels nice when a friend encourages to keep going, when trainer or coach cheers us on and helps us get back up.
But what is far more reliable and far more powerful is that inner thought driving you forward.
So what are you going to think when things get tough?
I’m worth it.
I’m worth the hurt.
Yes it’s hard. And that’s okay. It’s supposed to be.
Oh hello pain, welcome back. I’ve been looking forward to you.
Hard is just a price tag, showing me that this worth it!
All that’s stopping me from doing this is me saying so.
You can do hard. Keep going! I believe in you!
❤️ Caleb the College Coach
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