Being Real

"You want to know what I like? Honesty. I like when people can admit when things in their life aren’t going so hot. I like when they can just come right out and say you know..shit sucks right now but I’m dealing with it,I’ll be good. It’s refreshing. You know what I don’t like? Fake."

I read this in an article tonight and immediately thought, "ME TOO!" Sometimes I feel that when I'm writing this blog I can put off this 'I'm always positive, my outlook on life and the gym are always positive and everything else in my life follows that road too.' I try to be real, to show my vulnerablity, my imperfection and my insecurities. Anyone who knows me outside of my writing knows that I strive to stay positive, to look at everything from and angle that emits hope and faith, but is that possible to sustain every day, in every moment, in every workout? 

This morning I decided I was going to try to do chest to bar pull-ups in a workout, and I did. Every time I jumped up onto the bar I knew I wasn't going to fail. 2 weeks ago, a day I couldn't snatch for my life, I knew every time I picked up the bar, I wasn't going to do it right. I whined and felt shitty and did I come write about it?...no. So here's me being real. Not all my workouts are great (or even good for that matter), sometimes I look in the mirror and all I see is each and every perceived flaw, I can be anxious and emotional and in turn, irrational, I love way too hard and my heart breaks even harder. Shit sucks sometimes. There's no need to pretend like my/your life is perfect. 

But...we CAN make it as close to our idea of perfect as we can. Be real, but be positive. Be optimistic. Your life is what you make it and how you deal with the perfect and imperfect parts of your life truly shape who you are.