When The Hype Is High

We make all the promises to be that version of ourselves that is better than who we are right now at the beginning of the year. And we might even begin to follow on that path but as the year progresses, we slowly give up on all the promises we made and simply agree that we cannot do much more than we are currently doing in life. We throw in the towel and just live life like any other normal person, letting whatever goal we have decided for ourselves go all out the window.

I realized the tempo with which I started the year is not the same tempo I am still working on. I have developed a nice list of goals I wish to achieve for the month of February, but it seems as if everyday goes by and I find a way to reassure myself that I would achieve my goal tomorrow, but the tomorrow never comes. Tomorrow is what you make it. Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. So whatever tomorrow you are looking for, you already found it.

So I have realized that the time when you need to be strong is not only when everyone is strong, its not the beginning of the year when every tom, dick and harry is setting up goals they want to achieve for the year, NO, it is that time after the noise has settled down. When all the new year resolution noise is all gone and you are left alone with yourself. That is the time to get into the real business of executing your tasks. That is the point when you need to really be strong, because at this point, almost everybody who had a nice tempo from the beginning are already giving up on their plans.

It is not about setting goals when everything seems easy and clear to do, it is about pursuing the goals you have set out for yourself when the year is going not as you planned, but you keep pushing anyways. Everyone would be strong if all the conditions worked in their favor. So never always expect that everything would go your way, sometimes things happen that would send your plans to the garbage room but it is during these moments that you remain strong and keep pushing for your goals. It is not about the time when everything looks smooth, it is the time when you have no one to push you, but you keep pushing and moving anyways.

So as 2019 continues, realize that whether you pursue that plan or not, in the next 46 or 47 weeks, the year would be long gone and that plan we wish we had started would still be waiting for us wherever we wrote it. So it is more about pushing and going even when things do not seem to fall in your way. Imagine how sad and pathetic the world would be if we never had to hustle and suffer sometimes. Everything we wanted just falls into our palms. With this, there would not be a way to judge between a good and a bad person because everything would just be there for everyone.

So as you start your day today, remember that plan you set out for the year and know that you can do much more than you think you can. It is all in your mind. That plan would not execute itself and you would need to start doing something about the goals and plans you have set out to achieve in your life. So keep pushing even when the hype is over, keep going even when no one follows you. Remember, you have to be strong even when things do not look as you expect them to be. Keep praying, putting in all the hard work and never give up on the plans you have for your life. Plans can change, but never give up.

Thanks and God Bless.