05.15.09

How to Make It Happen!

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:55 am by Ali

Do you know people who struggle with the same things…the same issues…that are striving for the same goals over and over, again?  It’s fascinating to watch people go through the same cycles over and over.  Guess what…if the same method doesn’t work, doesn’t change you or get you to your goal, it’s time to do something new!  People just get comfortalbe repeating the same patterns whether it is good or bad. 

Anyway…that’s not really what I wanted to write about!  I am also not immune from the above.  I am guilty of it just as much as the next person.  One way to make those goals HAPPEN, is to put them in writing.  Don’t just keep them in your head, but actually get the paper and pen out and write it down!  Stick it on your computer monitor!!  Then, here’s the other trick…BELIEVE IT!! 

Even if it’s just the list of things to do today, actually writing it down and checking it off will help you achieve what you want!

Here is my list for today:

Clean car (that we are selling…so it has to be reconditioned…ugh!)

Mail Movie

Write a plan for a client

Do DISHES!

Buy a birthday present

Write blog post…well on my way to that one!

As for my BIG goal…it has to do with competing at Jr. Nationals in 5 weeks.  It’s written and I stuck it to my monitor.  :-)  I’m owning that one!   And that’s the thing…you really have to OWN it.  That’s what I did when I won the Michigan.  It was just a matter of going through the motions on that day.  I am a big believer in visualization.  I learned this when I played volleyball in high school.  Before matches I would envision myself digging balls and making perfect sets.  It really, really helps.  Sometimes as much as actually practicing. 

For figure competitions, you can envision your quarter turns, how you are going to present yourself on stage…and even collecting the trophy.  :-)  For big lifts…envision it first.  SEE yourself pushing up the weight.  If you are working with a very heavy weight, your mind really has to be in it before you can do it.  If you KNOW you can.  You can.  Period.  It’s just a matter of going through the motions. 

I have seen many people in our little corner of the internet ‘fitness’ world spin and spin in the same place, and I have seen a few people change and succeed.  What is the difference?  Goals, consistency, follow-through.  Write it down.  Believe. 

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