I shared a video on Tiktok recently about a thought process I’ve been trying to take action on lately. 

At my training sessions, my PT has encouraged me to focus on trusting the process rather than focusing on the incremental outcomes. He says I know the steps I need to take and I need to do them to make 

We were talking in the first instance about fitness. I would like to get healthier and to be honest a little slimmer. I’m trying, most definitely not hard enough but I’m working towards it. However I came into a session a few weeks back, a little despondent that I couldn’t see that much of a difference in  my body yet. I wanted to see those abs, I want to drop a dress size and it’s JUST NOT HAPPENING! My PT in his wisdom said that he could see my fitness level was increasing, I was recovering quicker after exercises and maybe there wasn’t a noticeable physical difference in my body, I probably was losing fat and building muscles. He went on to say that I need to stop focusing on vanity metrics, but more focus on what really matters – do I want to get fitter? Then my markers should be I can run for longer and faster, I can lift more and I’m recovering quicker. My weight shouldn’t matter but maybe I want to fit into something that is a little tight and this could happen but the weight shouldn’t be the goal, but how the fitting in the clothing will make me feel. But the point is that I need to not focus all the time on what I’m working towards, it distracts me from focusing on the things I need to be doing right now and get discouraged when things don’t immediately change.

The same I think needs to be addressed for my career and ‘function’ as I call it. I have goals, ambitions, not necessarily lofty crazy ones (in the grand scheme of things) but I have some things that I’m working towards. And to do that I need to work towards, breaking them down into steps, smaller goals. 

Yet, in the midst of this all, it’s not about the goals and only focusing on that is not health or will it make me happy or content with life if I’m focusing on the ‘then’ and ‘when’ rather than here and now. I said when recording the video, trying to remember what my PT had said but I said ‘ Trust the process. Be in the present. Enjoy the moment.’ Something I’m trying to keep at the front of my mind for this year whilst things might not seem like they are changing but I work towards my goals. 

So now to work on my goals and the steps…….