I read an email yesterday from a Fitness Bootcamp company I’ve worked with before. They talked about not letting the destination (goal weight) be what you look forward to enjoying but to enjoy the momentum on the way to the goal.

This stuck with me. I thought about keeping the email (empty inbox goals) but I decided to delete it (cause if I filed it I’d probably never read it again anyway – just being honest). Why did I delete it, because I knew the message stuck! (So much so that I’m blogging about it today).

It’s so important to enjoy the journey!

– Enjoy the fact that your mind is changing about yourself and food and you’re exercising everyday
– Enjoy the time you and your fiancé get to spend together planning your wedding day
– Enjoy every positive step you take in the direction of your goal
– Enjoy (insert here, whatever it is you’re doing on the way to where you’re going)

Because the GOAL is what? A score, a day (wedding day), an achievement (weight goal). The joys last for a varied amount of time, a few minutes, a few days, a month… It peaks, then subsides, then what… You move onto the next thing. It can be almost deflating. But if you’ve enjoyed (not endured) the journey, you have become a richer, happier person on your way to your goal.