Be Honest About Why You Do What You Do
I go to the gym and work out so that I can look better. That is really the only reason I do it.
It’s nice to be healthy and fit, but I consider those bonuses.
I know that just about everyone else I see at the gym has the exact same reason for being there that I do. They’re concerned specifically with the physical appearance of their bodies.
But if you were to ask any of those people why they’re in the gym, they’d tell you it was to be healthier, to prolong their life, to do something stupid that in reality doesn’t concern them at all.
Most people would lie to you and to themselves, and say that they’re exercising for every reason but to physically look better.
I don’t know why improving yourself has been branded as “being vain,” but it has, and it makes people scared to be honest with themselves and their goals.
If you’re going to do something, be honest with yourself and others about why you’re doing it. People will respect that you’re driven with an actual purpose.
So, with that said, I’m going to be honest with you right now.
- I work out at the gym specifically so that I can look physically better.
- I quit my job and am indefinitely traveling the world because I thought my life was boring, and I needed to do something to make myself more interesting.
- I own only enough items to fit into a small, 35-liter backpack so that I can show it off to people. (And I do it a lot.)
- In fact, most unnecessary obscure things I do are designed specifically to be able to show off to people, so that I can brand myself as different and interesting.
And now I feel better.