
For those of you, who may not know, I’m pregnant! Super exciting times, yes. But also, I’ve been strugglugling. The first trimester was ROUGH, constantly feeling sick and not wanting to eat anything. Sleep had been a struggle too between the body aches, restless leg syndrome, getting up to pee 4 times a night, and just general insomnia. I’m happy to say that some of these symptoms have subsided as I’m now in my second trimester, but your girl is TIRED! (Building a baby takes a lot out of you lol.)
I had stopped training at the gym for the first few months of pregnancy cause I just couldn’t. But now that I’m starting to feel more like myself again, I’ve begun to rebuild my workout routine with just 2 days a week at the gym, and I feel so much better, physically and emotionally.
Now what I want to talk about is two Saturdays ago, which was the day after the last Burlesque Infused Workshop: I was scheduled to meet Kristen (my trainer) at the gym at 9am. The night before I had only woken up twice, first around 2am then 5am-ish, but I was able to successfully fall back asleep (a huge win). So when I naturally wake from my slumber again, I slowly crack open my left eye so I can check my phone. IT’S 9:02AM!! I’m LATE! The WORST feeling!! I immediately got up to pee and then called Kristen to let her know what happened and see if she still wanted me to come in even though it would only be for 30 minutes. She said absolutely. So I quickly got my butt ready and headed to the gym.
You guys, the amount of anxiety dreams I have on the regular about being late or missing obligations is insane. I absolutely hate that feeling of not being prepared or letting someone down because of my mistakes. So to say the least, I was not happy to be 30 minutes late to a scheduled training with Kristen.
BUT!! The reason I’m sharing this story with you now is because Something Is Better Than Nothing. This is a phrase I’ve been holding onto for dear life these days. Me going to the gym to get some much needed lifting in for 30 minutes is better than me doing nothing.
There have been so many times is my life where I opted to not do something at all because I knew it wasn’t going to be perfect or what I considered “complete.” Like starting a dream journal for example – it’s something I’ve always wanted to do but I’ve already missed writing down hundreds of dreams, so why would I start now? But Something is Better than Nothing.
It’s not glamorous but it’s true.
So what’s something that you’ve been thinking about doing but stop yourself because you know you’re not going to meet the expectation you made up for yourself? Or maybe there’s something you’ve started but as soon as you made a mistake, you just threw the whole thing away? We see this concept a lot when we try to pursue a healthy lifestyle. Maybe you create a specific food plan and workout schedule for yourself that you’ve been successfully following for a week, but you had a rough day at work and ended up on the couch be the end of the night, eating a half gallon of Mint Ting a Ling out of the carton instead of eating the healthy food you prepped. (Hey, it happens.) But then the following day, you throw your food plan out the window because you’ve already “fallen off the wagon,” and what’s the point. The point is that Something is Better than Nothing!
We’ve gotta throw this “all or nothing” mentality away cause it’s not serving us. It’s keeping us away from the things we actually want in life.
So next time you find yourself saying it’s “too late,” remember: Colonel Sanders founded KFC at 62, and Vera Wang was a figure skater and journalist before becoming a renowned fashion designer in her 40s. So no, it’s not too late. Or may you think, “I’ve already messed up, what’s the point?” If you focus on perfection, you’re stopping yourself from any forward movement at all. Something is Better than Nothing. Say it. Embrace it. Go pursue the life you want even if it’s not perfect. Cause I don’t know about you, but at the end of the day, when I’m on your deathbed looking back at what I’ve done with my life, I don’t want regrets. I want to feel proud and content. Let’s do it, guys. Take the imperfect action.