I Can Do Hard Things

I can do hard things. And guess what? You can too. I’m typing this from IDEAWorld in Las Vegas, but I’m not sure when it will go up because wifi is expensive at my hotel and I have no time! I’ll do a full recap later on, but I wanted to pop in today with a message for you all.
I just finished spin class #8, in 3 days. If you’re keeping track, that’s 2 a day and 2 days of 3 classes each. Am I tired? HECK YES! But in the last class of the day, I hit my highest power number for sure for the conference, and possibly ever.
This is why this conference is amazing. The inspiration, the way it forces you to dig deep until you’re at the core of your being, at what makes you you, at what drives you to do what you do.

A great instructor is one who strips you down to nothing but your essence, who forces you to lose yourself and find yourself in the struggle, to evaluate who you are and what you can improve upon. Let me tell you, most people are stronger than they realize. That potential, the potential for greatness (in any aspect of life, not just cycling), is there. A great instructor can tap into that. Today in one of my sessions, we discussed both why we chose to teach cycling, and what our “brand” is. I’ve never actually thought too deep about it, but I realized that I love watching and helping people transform, either week to week or from the beginning of class to the end. What is my brand? I’m freaking passionate. About cycling, but about everything that I do. And that passion is what drives me. I’m approaching the hardest 4 years of my life, but I truly think that I’m going to be okay because I’m going to be doing what I love, and that will keep me going when things get hard. Anytime I talk to pretty much anyone in depth, I naturally talk about veterinary medicine. Yes, I’m that person at parties. But that’s my passion.

So here’s the takeaway: I can do hard things. You can do hard things. But you need that passion, that motivation, that fire that drives you forward when things get difficult. I encourage you to look inward for this passion. Let it light you up and do the damn thing.