I’ve been talking with a lot of people over the past month or so about surrounding yourself with people who will support you. Whether it be in your fitness and health, your family life or work, you need someone-and often several people to help motivate you to continue when you come upon a hard time.
Take for instance my Half Marathon coming up on the 29th. I am SO unprepared for this. This point in my first marathon I was SO ready it was killing me. I had my race outfit laid out by now, I had all my food planned for the week of and I was dancing with excitement. For this one, the only reason I know what I’m wearing is because its a costume run and I had to order my shirt in advance to make sure I got it before the race. I have no clue which shoes I’m going to wear and I actually haven’t hit the appropriate amount of miles my training plan suggests. The saying goes-when you step up to the line, trust your training and forget the rest. Um, yeah thats NOT what I’ll be able to do-and I KNOW I’m going to struggle. For all intents and purposes, I really really could have just blown this race off and not done it. BUT my husband is running too. He is super excited and more ready than I-and hes even a cyclist while I’M suppose to be the runner!
My point is, even the most dedicated need to have a support system because you really can’t do it by yourself 24-7.
But some have said to me, I don’t know who those people are. I don’t have anyone supporting me. I don’t have positive people in my life. What should I do?
So I did some thinking and studying and I came up with this answer: If you don’t have a support system, then start acting like a leader to build one from scratch. I got this idea from this video:
If you start acting and thinking like a leader you WILL have people who are looking for a leader like you start to follow you. Then, once that happens-you can’t back down. That guy who started the dancing couldn’t quite when there was two others that joined with him. And before he knew it, there was a whole bunch of people who were there supporting what he was doing (even though what he was doing looked ridiculous!)
So if you feel like you don’t have anyone positive in your life, start being positive yourself and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll find supportive friends.
And don’t forget, I’ll always be here too-just call my name I’ll be there in a hurry! :0)