“The only thing standing between you and your dreams, is you doing them.”

– Casey Neistat

Pure unfiltered and undisputed drive that helps you do whatever you want to do. For the first time in months I got sick yesterday. Having run in the rain on Thursday arvo, I forgot to dry my hair and instead sat on my chair and began writing another post. By the weekend I was tired and congested. All I wanted to do was lay in bed and watch movies, which in fairness I did for some time.

 

I never get sick. Years of being stick thin and not eating as much food as I should’ve as a kid made me become ridiculously meticulous when it came to looking after myself. This obsession became my life, and suddenly I became infatuated with the idea of becoming the perfect human male.

My drive towards that, initially started off as an idea of what I wanted to become, even though it’s virtually unattainable.

In an effort to truly understand why I was like this I looked to the stars…or a movie star to be more accurate.

Matthew Mcconaughey said in his acceptance speech at the Oscars that his hero was always him, ten years from now. He said that he could never attain that, and he knew it because no matter how hard he tried, the underlying factor was not actually being that person, but that he always had someone to keep on chasing.

 

As a young man I realised that there is a difference between what I can attain and what I cant. Unfortunately I cannot attain perfection, no matter how hard I try, but that’s ok because that gives me something to keep on chasing.

 

Lean and hungry…that’s how Russell Crowe described the Legion of soldiers that he commanded to take on the barbarians in Gladiator, and that’s what I am. My goal of perfection has since been cast aside and instead, a new goal of being the best version of myself is what I want to attain. I will forever want that, because unlike perfection, the best version of myself is less douchey. This goal is still unattainable because there will always be something that goes wrong, and maybe just like Mcconaughey, that version of myself is always ten years ahead.

I’m ready and hungry to be what I want to be, regardless of the sleep that ill lose and regardless of being sick for a weekend. I refused to stay in bed all day and instead went to the gym, went for a walk and made decisions to make myself a better person. Yes I needed rest, and yes I needed to get better, so I chose to work with what energy I had to make sure the day wasn’t a waste. All of this was because I want to prove to not only the world, but also to my biggest critic, myself, that I can do what is necessary to become what I want to be. To not be a quitter and to find what I want out of life and stick to it, regardless of the outcome.

My goals may vary to yours, in fact it could be completely different to everyone else on the planet but my main message is to keep on pushing. We all get roadblocks and that’s ok. But be hungry for it all, for everything that might come your way and for everything that life has to offer. That is living and that’s what we have to do…just keep living.