11 weeks. 37 sessions. An endless amount of squats, press ups, lunges and planks. Boxing drills repeated 100’s of times, over and over again until it becomes part of your natural movement. Not to mention my own work in the gym and in the park. In the end it all boiled down to 6 minutes. Gone in the blink of an eye. I don’t really remember a whole lot of those 6 minutes, but what I do know is that my mind tired in direct correlation to my body. As the energy ebbed from my legs so too did my ability to make good decisions. In the end all my hard work and effort just wasn’t enough and a victory wasn’t to be. I genuinely put my heart and soul into this, and I just couldn’t reach what I desperately wanted to achieve.

Disappointment is never fun. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” we’ve all heard this. What if you have prepared to the best of your ability? How do you deal with the aftermath? This has been one of the best experiences of my life. A memory I will hold on to for a very long time. I started this out with friends and made some new ones along the way, but for me it’s the one time were taking part as great as it was, became outstripped by the loss. This could be any event in your life. Not getting that job you crave. A financial decision that doesn’t work out. A failed relationship or just something that is very personal to you. When you are passionate about something you will feel it more acutely than anything else. It might not make much sense at the time, but to you it’s a big deal.

So how do you deal with that crash back to earth? Well for one you need to ask yourself in the grand scheme of things will this matter in a few weeks or a few months? When you ground yourself in reality you come to realise that you just need to dust yourself off and go again. When you put disappointment into perspective I’d imagine 9 times of 10 the conclusion will be, maybe I need to adjust my expectations, or slightly shift the goal posts.

The word “Should” can never come into play. In life there will always be factors that are outside of our control.When we use the term “I should” we create imaginary situations that may or may not happen. Accept what has gone wrong and move on. Maybe things didn’t work the way you want, so you need to take stock and re-evaluate. Try not to make snap decisions when emotionally you aren’t in the best place. Sit down and make a new plan, maybe that will involve re trying whatever you were doing in the first place, or you might think it’s time to move in a new direction.

Be grateful for the experience of an occasion, no doubt it will always serve you going forward. Use this as motivation to succeed the next time. Everything needs time and effort. If you have the drive and will power to see something out you won’t go too far wrong. Even if you aren’t enjoying something have the discipline to do it, but do it like you love every moment. Learn from your mistakes, you can be sure there is no success without some setbacks. One of the biggest things I have learned this week is that sometimes you just need to trust other people. They aren’t giving you advice for no reason. No matter how it feels, trusting a mentors advice will hold you in good stead in the long run.

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