“You gotta tell your brain where you want to go, how you want to go and how you want to get there” - David Goggins, the most badass human on planet earth (also Buffalo, NY native)
DISCLAIMER: My writings are a reflection of what has helped me overcome MY personal hardships. I do not expect anyone to use my practices, I cannot guarantee what works for me will work for you. With that being said, I hope my writings can bring a sliver of value to your life. My ultimate goal is to help, and that is always in the back of my mind when I write.
I have deleted probably the first 5 paragraphs I have written. So I am just going to let the thoughts flow, I do not care if they are organized, and I do not care if they make sense. I simply need to just write. I will not edit this too drastically, everything you are about to read is very real and very raw. Straight off the dome piece, 99% unfiltered.
What does Tunnel Vision mean exactly (to me)? It means buckling down and moving forward toward a goal regardless of your surroundings, regardless of the highs and lows. Tunnel Vision means that nothing in your environment will stop you from pushing forward. Nothing will stop you from accomplishing what you want to accomplish.
It is a very, very fucking lonely road sometimes. The feelings of disconnect and suffering are just the price you have to pay to achieve greatness I guess. However, if you are blessed enough to have someone in your life that enjoys the same suffering, someone that is willing to take the road less traveled, someone that also has tunnel vision on their dreams and aspirations to accomplish more and achieve more, consider yourself extremely lucky.
For example, I have a friend that is very disciplined with cold showers. No matter what the circumstances, no matter how he is feeling, he makes it a point to commit to himself and his cold showers daily (I will write a whole blog about cold showers because they are life changing)
Knowing that he is pushing himself and choosing to suffer in the short term for a greater benefit pushes me to do the same. And now that we both share the love for cold showers and the suffering feeling it provides, we can then push each other on days where we don’t feel like taking them. Cause now I don't want to let him down. Now the cold showers have a greater purpose than just for my benefit. Now I want to show up and put in the work for not only myself, but for my friend that is doing the same.
To build off of this example and to tie it all together - even if you don’t have someone to share the struggles with, you still have to have tunnel vision on the task at hand in order to get the sense of accomplishment you desire. Take your feelings out of it, don’t worry about getting knocked down, get the fuck up and keep moving forward. You can’t wait for anyone to join you, you just simply have to move forward.
Not one of my best writings, but hey it was something. And honestly to my point of being disciplined and having tunnel vision, the consistency of these blogs is the most important thing for me. I don’t know if I will maintain this level of consistency forever, but for now, I need to pay my dues and put in my 10,000 hours of work. My goals aren’t going to accomplish themselves.
As always, if you took the time to read this, I am so grateful for you and I love you.
Till next time
KEEGS