Savor the Next “You”

We’ve all got our lit­tle nuggets of wis­dom and encour­age­ment, how­ever, when I read the lat­est issue of MensFit­ness Mag­a­zine (cover to cover as always), Roy S. Johnson’s Editor’s Note, if you will, really put a spring in my step, a fire under my ass, and added a lit­tle umph in how I see the world.

Here is part of it — take some­thing from it:

Get excited about where life is tak­ing you, through the incre­men­tal gains you make every day-in your career, in your rela­tion­ship, and in the gym. You love work­ing out because it’s going to make you look and feel bet­ter. You’re smarter than you’ve ever been, and you’re prob­a­bly eat­ing bet­ter than you did years ago. You’re going to be stronger, fit­ter, and health­ier, even if you think you don’t look as good as you once did.

For­get that guy. He got lucky, maybe ben­e­fited from being at the right end of the gene pool. The guy you’re going to be will be even bet­ter, no luck involved.

Tackle today with the zeal you dis­play in your work­outs. Imag­ine if you pushed as hard at work as you did on that last rep of dur­ing that last mile on the treadmill.

Imag­ine if you were as metic­u­lous about your career as you are about your regimin, which you chron­i­cle and track like a mad scientist.

Imag­ine if you were as curi­ous and dili­gent in your rela­tion­ship as you are about the food you eat.
Yes, the old job was great. The old girl­friend was hot. Sure, you were once the hottest hunk on the beach.

But if you attack today with the enthu­si­asm, pas­sion, and com­mit­ment, those old yous-as cool as they were-will quake in the shadow of the you you’ll surely become.

This is the out­come I invi­sion for this blog and what­ever it morphs into. Become the bet­ter and best ver­sions of your­self in every facet of life: my wish to you…whoever you are.

You can fol­low Roy S. John­son on Twit­ter here. He’s also got a sports blog, Ballers, Gamers, and Scoundrels.