Excuses

So I have had a not to bad week to reintroduce myself to practicing Kung Fu again. Making Kung fu apart of my life again has always made me a better person and Kung Fu continues to do so.

I wanted to blog this week on excuses, because I had a major talk with my family recently about them. There are 2 types, real and fake excuses; about 95% are fake and 5% are real. I always strive to be someone who knows why I fail or succeed in life, because I got to learn on how to follow the path to success and try and avoid the one to failure. The thing about excuses is that it provides a path to mediocrity and a sometimes easier time, but ultimately, it normally makes things worse. Now I do believe in the real excuses because those ones are normally related to events and situations you are unable to control; that’s the 5%. Sometimes though I would take that 5% and make it seem a bigger inconvenience than it really is.

The talk with my parents was an eye opener for me and them. I was starting to feel exhausted with how many excuses they had for why they could not do certain things. It would always spiral into something worse. While we were talking I was being really blunt about why things are harder in their life, but also my own. I’m overweight and not feeling like I am excelling in life, because I let the excuses win. I have experienced depression before and I thought to myself wouldn’t it be nice if I started to think more positively about myself; If only it was so easy. Turns out it sort of is. I am not saying there is not work needed to be done, but what was stopping me from actively trying to better my life. For me it was excuses. I had plenty and I justified all of them. I was just lying to myself and those around me. I was failing because I let it happen.

After the talk with my parents we hugged it out, but being aware in my forms and my life go hand in hand. It’s is a path that is started with small victories. Then I add all those small victories and end with something life changing. I will always have excuses in my life, but I will also have solutions for when most of my excuses that come up. There is always a solution. I just need to look for them. It all boils down to hard work and discipline. If I truly master this then there nothing holding me back.

Speaking of small victories:

Acts of kindness: 15

Km: 50

Sit ups: 400

Push ups: 400

Da Mu Hsing: 6

Drum Stick Form: 10

Spar: 0