Clearing the canvas

Yesterday, I wrote sometimes all we need to do is clear the canvas to paint a beautiful masterpiece. This can mean so much or so little to someone. It can apply to just aboutanything at all. To me, it means taking your life, or canvas, and simplifying it. Take out the clutter, the arguing, the needless time spent on the negative, and pushing it off the space that is in your head.

Until recently, last year or two, my canvas was a disaster. I worried about everything and anything other than what was truly my goal. Allowing those things to control my time, my life, and my body. Now, i am working on keeping the things i can't control on the sidenotes. They dont make the canvas because it takes more effort to be angry and show distaste than it does to smile.

I am not writing this to preach and convert. Quite the contrary. I write this because at 28 years old, i have been through a range of emotions and am always learning new ways to deal with disappointment, shock, anger, happiness, and love. Its about finding your true passion and taking intermediate steps and making small goals to accomplish that main goal.

I take this apporach with my fitness and nutrition as well as my life. My girlfriend doesnt understand how I do things the way i do sometimes. The only way i can explain it is alot of years of doing things that didnt work and finally making the consious choice to make the right decision for me. My schedule is the first thing that I start with. Here it is:

2:30am - Wake up and grab my bag and walk my pup(protein shake)
3:15am - At the store to feed the dog and write nutrition plans
4:15am - Leave the store and go to the gym
4:35am - 15 - 20 min cardio warm up
5:00am - 6:00am - Work out and train client
6:00am - 6:45am - Cardio and post workout shake
7:00am - 8:00am - Train client
8:00am - 8:30am - Shower and go to store
9:00am - open store
7:00pm - close store and drive home
8:00pm - 8:30pm - prep for next day and go to bed


This doesnt look like fun but it is efficient and allows me to reach my daily goals. I guess my point is, if I can be efficient with my day, i can get everything I need done to accomplish the intermediate/daily goals that are the steps to succeeding.

It's difficult sometimes. Things happen and i need to be fluid and adjust. I use to get mad at these things that disrespected my schedule but now, i see the positive in them. I use those positives to make me a better person. As a small business owner, there is always something that comes up. I have to manage multiple personalities including mine, which isnt the most easy personality to manage. The more I come to grips with that, the better able i am to manage others. Not everyone is going to be like me and i can finally accept that.

It has been a long journey that started many years ago. I have had some exceptional people who have entered my life and taught me great lessons. My stubborness slowed me from learning on the spot but I see them now and know they have shaped and molded my life in the right way. They have helped me clear the canvas of life and focus on the only thing I can control, myself and my reactions to others. Though i am still a work in progress, i have found my path.