The Wall of Inspiration

My current home-improvement project centers around devoting a portion of the wall in my designated home gym to becoming a vision board. For those who have no idea what that is, a vision board is a collage of pictures, quotes, spiritual affirmations, etc. placed on a board or wall in order to inspire you to keep working towards your goal—whatever that goal may be. I currently have a virtual vision board of sorts on Pinterest, but I've decided I need something I can actually look at whilst working out to get me through those tough moments.

Even the most dedicated of exercisers have moments where they aren't feeling they are progressing as well as they should. When you do something five or six days a week, it's easy to get burned out and want to take a break or give up altogether. However, as I've said many times before, being/getting/staying fit is a life-long commitment.

I mean, could you take a break from breathing?

That said, you have to find ways to remain inspired and keep yourself focused when the going gets tough and the routine starts to feel a little stale. And creating a board filled with not only inspirational items but—as mine will—new routines and techniques you have yet to try could be the best way to keep things fresh and exciting.

If you're not into dedicating a wall, a notebook or bulletin board could be more your speed. The method doesn't matter, this is all about personal inspiration—how you accomplish that is up to you.

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What's Your Dream?

Your dreams are your dreams. No one should judge them and tell you that they're too big, too small, too outrageous, or too silly. Your dreams are your dreams and you should do whatever you can to make them happen.

See, the problem with us—I include myself in that equation—is we spend far too much time trying to figure out if our dreams are worth having or even possible. In fact, we spend so much time doing it that we, eventually, feel it's better to let them go rather than pursue them and that's when the excuses set in.

You know the excuses, right? Here's a couple of good ones for you: "they were never going to happen anyway" and "I don't have time to do the things I want anymore because of x, y, or z". Life gets in the way of what we want and time shortens the possibilities for ever seeing them come to fruition.

Well, here's the question: who's in charge of your life and your time?

That's a question you need to answer and, once you do—if you do—then you should come back and revisit why it is your dreams aren't able to find a place in your life.

We all have responsibilities, and we all have things that will, temporarily, knock us off our path, but those things should not become the things that keep us from remembering that we have dreams and that those dreams are worth keeping alive—if for no other reason than to keep us living, loving, and moving forward.