MY WHY

I will start by saying that I honestly have no idea what I am doing.  I have never blogged before and do not typically even share all that much on Facebook or social media sites.  I follow a few food blogs, a couple of friends and occasionally read a blog here and there I happen to come across.  Since I don't know much about blogging I wanted to do a little research.  What I discovered is that there are millions of blogs, and of those millions, countless fitness blogs.  In my search I found one too many sites telling me what I should do and should not do if I want to have a successful blog.  


This lead to many questions: Do I even want my blog to be successful?  Can I  do this when apparently so many fail at it?  With all these blogs out there why does mine matter?  What will make mine different?  What do I really have to share with people?  In other words all my research about blogging lead to self doubt, extreme anxiety, apprehension, fear, FEAR, FEAR.  Fear of disapproval, fear that I have nothing to say, fear of FAILURE. 


All of these negative thoughts were reasons why I never started a blog before now.  They were thoughts that have held me back from a lot of things.  So, you know what I did?  I closed all those sites that told me what and what not to do and got back to my own reasons for pursuing this goal I set for myself.

The reality is I had no intention of having a "successful" blog that was never even a thought in my mind.  I have my own reasons and if the only difference between my blog and millions of others is ME than that is enough.  I have my own thoughts, my own struggles, my own perspectives.  And you know what that is good enough!  It is enough  for me to push pass any brief hesitations and continue with what I set out to do. 

That brings me to why I wanted to do blog in the first place.

Why I want to blog:

• Track Fitness - The main reason I want to blog is to track my fitness journey.  More specifically my results as I aspire to complete P90X3.  I have struggled with my weight most of my life and want to record my mindset throughout the process.
• Stay Motivated - I hope that documenting the next 90 days will keep me motivated to reach my goals.  I always go back to my "old ways" that do not include exercise after I have some success with dieting.  I never get to where I want to be, but I am hoping this time will be different.
• Personal Development - During the process I want to learn more about myself and grow as a person.  I feel that writing down my thoughts will help me delve more into who I am and help me become the person I want to be.
• Step Outside My Comfort Zone - In general I am trying to do something everyday that is outside of my comfort zone.  It is amazing the possibilities there are when you push yourself past what you typically do.  Who knows what the outcome will be, but that is kind of exciting!
• Inspire Others - Although I am doing this blog primarily for myself I do hope that others will read it and follow along with me. It would be extremely rewarding if it inspired even one person to start their own fitness journey.  To realize that they too can reach any goal they set for themselves.

After figuring out my reasons and deciding that I was actually going to create a blog I wanted to come up with a name. I bounced around names that had fitness in the title, but really this is about a lot more than that.  It was about a process, about moving forward and going after goals.  What better word to describe that than PROGRESS.


Finally,  I pondered WHAT I want this blog  to be.  Essentially, what I want is honesty.  I want to be honest with myself and honest with anyone that may read it.  I want to write as if no one is even gong to read what I post.  This is a little easier said than done.  I don't want to think about what I am suppose to write or what people expect me to write.  I spend too much time worrying about what others think as it is.  I want to write about what inspires and motivates me. I just want to be me and be comfortable with that regardless of the response. I want to be FREE to write whatever I want and not set limits on myself. 

Well here is to getting started.  It is a little scary, but I can't turn back now.  Let's do this thing!