I'm so glad that you're here . You are listening to what the fuck did she just say with your host ? That's me . Sandra Priestly , I'm all about living our best life , and finding our zone of brilliance and then removing the resistance so that we can go all in .
I say random , crazy shit , which is why I called this podcast the way that I did , and I really hate long drawn out intros . So let's fucking go .
My goal every day is to go for some do some type of exercise , but preferably to go for a long walk , but it was . I think it was minus 37 , with the wind chill today , and that just doesn't seem like fun to me .
So what I decided to do was just go to the indoor walking track , and if you know me , you'll know that I like to find meaning or some sort of awareness in everything that I do , in everything that I watch , in everything that I am really .
And so , as I was walking , I walked for an hour and a half , and throughout that period of time I noticed the people that I was sharing space with . There was some older people that were there One woman she looked to be maybe in her late 80s , early 90s , and so she was on the inside of the track and walking fairly slow .
There was another woman who was she and her partner were running . Like the entire time I was there , they were running , and at a very fast pace actually . So an hour and a half they just kept running . I was so inspired by them . There was a few kids walking in their socks .
There was a woman that I know from the community who has multiple sclerosis and she was walking with a brace on her leg . And then there were some other people who were speed walking and they were all ages and all sizes and I started to think who is the person that's working the hardest ? Is it the person ?
Is it the couple who were running for the entire hour and a half ? For the entire hour and a half ? Was it them ? Were they working the hardest ? Was it the woman in her late eighties , early nineties , that was walking slow along the inside of the track ? Was she working the hardest ? What about the woman with the MS ?
What about the kids who were walking in their socks ? We can assume all day long that the person that's working the hardest or the people that were working the hardest were the ones that were running for an hour and a half , but to do that would be to dismiss all of the human element .
The person that's working the hardest in that room is the person that overcame the most challenges the most physical challenges , the most mental challenges came the most challenges , the most physical challenges , the most mental challenges . They're the ones that maybe even social challenges .
The person working hardest on that track is the one that overcame all of the excuses the people who were running . They might not have any excuses . They go because they go every single day . It's easy , they love it . I mean I can't imagine , because they go every single day . It's easy , they love it . I mean I can't imagine , but it's easy for them .
They have conversation while they're running and it feels like bliss . They might be expending the most energy , but they might not be working the hardest . I was listening to a Khloe Kardashian podcast today and she was interviewing Mel Robbins , and Mel said our brains are hardwired for easy to resist what feels hard . Basic wiring sets you up to never change .
So maybe the person who's working the fucking hardest on that track is actually the person who talked themselves out of easy . The 90 year old woman .
She might have had all of the conversation going on in her mind , that mind fuckery of I don't want to go , I shouldn't go , I can't go , it's too cold , I don't want to travel , I don't want to get there , I don't want to . She might have struggled so much . So with that mindset of I just don't want to go today , and she went anyway .
Those kids they went despite the fact that their friends are sitting eating poutine waiting for their next hockey game . But they went and they walked anyway . The woman with the MS she might've said I don't know if I can do it today , I don't want to push myself today , I'm feeling a little tired or I'm a little worried about my leg , but she went anyway .
She didn't listen to her excuses and she pushed through the desire to do what was easy in order to choose the hard that will affect change . I want you to choose the hard . I want you to know that you can absolutely overcome every single excuse you've got , and that is the only thing that is stopping you from achieving everything you desire .
It's your choice to choose easy , to choose the default of staying small , but it is equally your choice to override it . You can choose hard and when you choose hard , over and over and over and over again , all of a sudden you've rewired and your hard is now the easy .
Thank you so much for listening . I hope you've had some laughs , maybe some ideas , and that you've been inspired to take some type of action toward the life you've always dreamed of . If you feel so called , I would love it if you would share with your besties and leave a review down below .
I look forward to bringing you along this journey and I will see you in the next episode .