Leap of Faith

Fear... it can be paralyzing.  It can keep your dreams just that... dreams.  I have a lot of dreams.  A lot.  I find I am often my own worst enemy.  I don't like to fail.  I don't like to realize I can't do something.   I'm not a quitter but I have also realized that fear sometimes makes me not be a 'starter' either.

Long before Kara was born, I was unhappy in my body.  I mean, long before.  I had tried several things to change this.  The gym.  Diets that were basically a step up from starvation.  Walking.  I considered taking shakes and things that were essentially poison (please check the ingredients of these quick fixes!).  But at no time did I throw myself 100% in.  I knew that being 100% in would require me to really invest my time and energy into this.  I knew that being 100% in would crush me if I failed.  And like I said... I don't do failure well.  So I skated the issue.  I stuck my pinky toe in the water, but never dove in.

So I can't tell you exactly why I took that leap last March... I can't exactly remember my train of thought.  Pushing the purchase button was surreal.  I knew it meant that I had just made myself very, very vulnerable to failure.  But what I quickly realized that I was already failing.  Not trying was the biggest type of failing I could ever put myself in.

This also applies to coaching.  When I signed up to coach in May of 2014, I had huge doubts.  Doubts are our biggest enemy.  Would I lose money for my family who can't afford a single dollar lost?  What would people think--I'm not at a healthy body weight?  Would I have enough time?  Would this be a waste of my already precious little free time?  Could I inspire people enough to even begin to pay this forward?

If you're considering taking your health back... or becoming a coach and giving yourself financial freedom, it all comes down to that leap of faith.  You can't afford to allow yourself to fail by not trying.

I will not quit. I will not let fear of failing stop me.  I will learn from the set backs and FAIL FORWARD <3