You can avoid others who put you down, discourage you, and make you feel unworthy.

You can't avoid yourself.

The words you use toward yourself matter.

This isn't to suggest delusion or hiding from any truth, but only to be kind.

Be kind to yourself.

You will never be perfect.

Why set that as the standard?

Work to be better, of course.

Understand, though, that it won’t always go how you’d like.

You’ll fail.

You’ll struggle.

You’ll make mistakes.

Often, repeatedly.

That’s okay.

Don’t beat yourself up.

Rarely is that ever productive.

It might promote progress in some ways.

Yet, how much might it also prevent?

Beratement isn’t your only option.

Acknowledge your flaws.

If you’d like to improve, do the work.

Do that work, though, not in an effort to be worthy.

Do it because you already are worthy.

Do it with kindness.

You’ve got this.

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Other people's success relative to your own is not a reflection of your personal worth.

Look to others as examples of what you can achieve and nothing else.

Inspiration, not inadequacy.

Identify the steps they took.

Learn from the mistakes they made.

Then, create your own path.

Take your own steps.

Do you.

You might achieve less.

You might achieve more.

It’s up to you how much that even matters.

You decide the metrics by which you’ll assess your progress.

Rarely are other people better benchmarks than you from yesterday.

Start where you are and do what you can.

You’ve got this.

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There will be times when you'll repeat past efforts.

Maybe you'd previously failed or given up, and are trying again.

You may feel overwhelmed, like you're starting all over.

Yet, you're stronger, wiser, and more capable than you were.

You’re not really starting all over.

The task may be the same, but you aren’t.

You’ve got more to throw at it this time.

You might fail again, and that’s totally cool.

Nobody goes through life without failure.

Take what you can from the experience.

Then, if it’s worth it, try again.

Keep putting in the work.

Keep showing up.

You’ve got this.

You might be so close to your goal you can taste it.

It might be so far away you don't know how you'll ever make it happen.

In either scenario, there's only one way to get there.

Take the next step.

There will be times when that’s giving up.

For example, you might not want that goal any longer.

Similarly, you might decide it’s not worth the effort.

If, however, you’re thinking about quitting because the road is long, reconsider.

Often, the worthiest of efforts take the most time.

This is one reason they’re so satisfying.

Even when we don’t reach them, we can look back at the work.

We can see how we grew, what we learned, and why we put ourselves first.

Sure, we might not be where we wanted to be.

We are, however, ahead of where we were.

Where are you losing your drive?

What forward step can you take right now?

Take that step.

You’ve got this.

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There is no "right" diet.

There is no "right" training routine.

There is no "right" way to manage stress.

There are general principles that might steer our efforts.

The details, though, will vary from one of us to another.

There is no "right" but “right for you”.

You’ve got your own needs, preferences, and goals.

Other people may play a role in that decision.

You’re the one who decides what steps you take.

Such decisions may come with tradeoffs.

Your actions and inaction have consequences.

Accept and embrace that truth.

We can’t all do everything all the time.

Saying “yes” to one thing is saying “no” to infinite others.

That’s a beautiful fact of life that encourages us to focus on the essential.

Whether it’s your diet, your training, or anything else, ask if it’s right for you.

Ask if it’s moving you toward your best life.

You are worthy of that life.

You’ve got this.

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You might live decades more.

You might only have years, months, or minutes.

That's not up to you.

How you spend that time, however, is.

You don't decide how much time you have, but you do decide what you do with it.

You can live in the past, bitter about how you've been wronged, beating yourself up over your mistakes, or longing for the good old days.

You can live in the future, wishing for more, wanting for today to pass, planning and preparing.

Of course, your past and your future matter.

Your past has helped shape who you are.

You can learn from it and grow from it.

Your future just may become today.

It offers hope and opportunity.

Yet, you live in the present.

That's the only thing you can count on.

What are you doing with it?

Are you living your best life?

Are you doing the best with what you have?

It might not be much.

You might have problems.

Life is not always easy.

It often isn't.

All you can do is do what you can.

Take one step, then another.

Starting right where you are.

Right here, right now.

You've got this.