Quarantine Growth

4/21/20

Hey, Everyone! I've been trying to stay in touch with the majority of you. I miss my clients and I hope that life is well in these strange times. I've been blessed to be able to work with some of you the last few weeks and I'm extremely thankful for that. I know that a lot of my clients have worked so hard to develop healthy routines. I want to encourage you during this email to look at this as a time to make positive changes and use this time for growth. And I'm not talking about around the waistline. NO quarantine 15 for us!!
 Those of you that have read my blogs in the past know that they can be random, hopefully funny, motivating and the grammar is sometimes sub-par. How's quarantine life? It's funny in just a little over a month life has changed so drastically. Our routines and habits that we cling to have been turned upside down. Alcohol sales are up 55%, Porn is through the roof, Smoking pot and binge watching T.V. has become some peoples new norms. We do live in uncertain times. Its been harder to exercise properly. Easier to eat and drink and binge watch T.V. Some clients have spent more time with their loved ones then they would have ever wished for...  My friend and fellow Trainer Derek Florez made a comment before we went on our unwanted vacation. "People are going to find out a lot more about themselves and who they really are then we will about this virus" I absolutely agree. I think asking some very key questions can help us turn this time into a positive outcome.  What do we like about our new "life" routine that we would like to keep? What habits have we fell into that discourage or hold us back? What do we miss about our old routines? Was the environment we spent our daily lives in helping us grow? Would we willingly go back to it tomorrow? Or... Have we been clinging or holding onto something we should have left years ago?  Take time to seriously ponder these questions. Some of us really enjoy being able to work from home naked... Its a perk. Before, there is an uproar I'm not online training naked.  For some life has changed so drastically that its been extremely hard to to cope or adapt.
I'm a firm believer that when the Universe try's to speak to us we need to listen. I believe in uncertain times we have an immense opportunity to grow and find out what really drives us and WHAT is truly important in our lives. Socrates wrote, "The unexamined life is not worth living." I challenge you today to take this time to examine your life. Work, relationships, family, exercise habits... Leave no stone unturned. Chase after a dream or goal that has been put on the back burner because of the daily grind has gotten in the way. I believe we will come out of this time stronger and better for it. But its necessary to implement changes that will help us grow. Change is scary and fear holds us back from progressing. Lets use this time to develop habits that no virus can take away from us! Please share if this is helpful. Send me questions or topics for future blogs. I encourage you to eat less, move more and tell someone that you LOVE them. I love you and please reach out if you need anything at all! Brian