Why Bother?

Every day we undertake a huge number of personal tasks and challenges that we call ‘Life’. We are living that ‘Life’ as a result of options and choices that we believed were the right at that particular moment in time. And, as a result, where we find ourselves at any one time, is of our own doing and have no-one else to blame.

It’s far too easy to become a victim and say ‘why me?’ Or as in my case self-loath and head into a darkness of depression and use alcohol to mask the pain of failing. ‘Point Zero’ as I refer to it, isn’t somewhere you reach overnight. It’s a gradual thing that slowly creeps up on you. It speeds up the more helpless you become and before you know it has you firmly in it’s grasp. If you’ve been there, you’ll understand where I’m coming from.

 

Back then, the only way out was to toughen up as reaching out was a sign of weakness not strength as it is today. At 58 years of age, I am in a much wiser position looking in life’s rear view mirror. I can admit that by the time I was 31, I’d created a huge mess that was not only challenging me mentally but physically too. That’s why on 5^th Jan 1994, I decided to make some changes, massive changes in fact and ‘getting fit’ quickly became my salvation and foundation for a ‘New Life’ where I found a ‘New Rory’.

 

I know personally that it’s a huge step to stop drinking, smoking or over-eating.

 

It took me only six months to reverse my very poor levels of health and fitness. And crossing the finish line of my first marathon is one of my life’s greatest achievements. Accomplishing a further 1000+ marathons impossible to my own previous incarnation.

 

Now, I’m not saying that you have to run 26.2 miles, be an Ironman Triathlete or become a body-builder but whatever life choices you make now or in the future, be it starting a new job, a new relationship or over-coming an illness or accident – fitness REALLY helps.

 

I know I’m far from perfect but I was lucky enough to be able to make positive changes to my behaviour that have given me huge satisfaction and a career where I can now help other people to reach their own fitness and life goals.

 

You see it’s far too easy to say ‘Why bother?’… but actually you must. Because if you do, you will be pleased you did. Now I’m always happy to be bothered and please reach out if you want to bother in 2021 and beyond.

 

Amen.

1,073 Marathons - 255 Ultras - 9 Guinness World Records 

26 years' of Being Bothered

Everything in it's Right Place - Radiohead

I woke up - Tom Yorke

Or did you waste the last 100 days? There’s nothing worse than wasting time in my opinion. Nothing worse than saying ‘If only’ or feeling like you’ve missed out on a ‘Golden Opportunity’. Even worse if you didn’t make the past 100 days a positive change in your own personal development as if you didn’t notice, the World as we knew it changed forever – now be honest, have you changed with it?

The thing is, if you didn’t grasp the opportunity don’t cry too much as here’s some good news for you – there’s a whole new 100 days to have a go at today. And why not, you’ve got nothing to lose.

If October 9^th feels a lightyear away, in reality it isn’t. It’ll be here before you know it and you’ll be saying then ‘If only’ and ‘I wish I’d’ all over again or like will you be like my client Diana? She said to me this morning, ‘I’ve got to shopping as I’m now 2st lighter, and none of my pre-lockdown work clothes fit’. Diana is one of the many people I’ve coached during the past three months or so that are now, fitter, lighter and happier that they’ve grasped the lockdown opportunity of a lifetime. FTR - Diana is back to her GB elite race fitness too.

Simply Amazing!

Now, whether we will ever have to endure the strange times of 2020 ever again in our lifetime, who knows. What I do know is that there doesn’t have to be a National Crisis to give you the kick needed to undergo a short time of Personal change. 

Change can happen at any time, all you need to do is to wake up and put ‘Everything in its Right Place.

I mean, where do you want to be in 100 days?

1,053 Marathons - 255 Ultra-marathons - 9 Guinness World Records - 15 Marathon des Sables