It's been a while...

Wow. 4 years since my last post, I definitely missed having somewhere to spill my thoughts. The last time I wrote one of these I definitely didn't see myself achieving what I have done this year and having so much to look forward to. I mean, I believed these things would happen, just a case of when. I guess there's a thin line between arrogance and self belief and it doesn't take much to distinguish which someone has, simultaneously both are often confused with one another. Personally I consider myself a "realistic optimist" good one huh?

Set a goal, tell the world, achieve it. My reasoning behind "telling the world" (By that I mean my non-interactive 2.5k instagram followers who constantly remind me I am in fact talking to myself) is a technique I use to hold myself accountable. If I put something out there, I apply that extra pressure of not failing, works for me. Plus it's sharing the journey of both highs and the lows, it's real...All social media has done is force us to care about what other people think. The overweight person that wants to join the gym isn't thinking about whether they'll achieve their goal, well, at least not before they're worried about what people in the gym will think about them. I digress...

This year I completed a goal I set 6 years ago as I watched it happen live I claimed one day I'd do the same. Winning my federation UKBFF's Mens Physique overall and achieving my IFBB Elite Pro card, I also bought a house with my best friend. None of it has really sunk in yet and I've been waiting for it to, however it's taken me a while to realise but I think it's because I've ingrained the notion to never settle. It's almost like, It's happened, boom, ok what's next? World championships? A bigger house?? Whilst I love that I think that way, I need to learn how to celebrate achievements whilst understanding i'm not content.

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I've rambled on in my social media about weight training/gym/bodybuilding for years and I'm so stoked that I blogged my journey also. I have every intention of re-reading every single blog I wrote on here back when I was 21? Long may it continue. Freelance writing sounds like a good challenge to me, here's to a creative 2020.

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