I Owe You One

I’m all in on this daily writing thing. After all, what’s the point of a daily blog if there’s not, you know, a blog daily? That would just be misleading. Like walking into a baseball stadium only to find out they forgot the baseball. Confusing, disappointing, and now you’re left wondering—what do I do with my hands? Where do I go from here?

Well, today almost became one of those baseball-less days. The morning hit me like a freight train. Actually, scratch that…it hit me like a week’s worth of exhaustion slapped by Thursday. I slept in longer than planned, and by the time I sat down at my desk (later than I’d hoped), work decided to attack me from all angles. It was a full-on ambush. I didn’t even have coffee until 12:15 PM. No coffee. Until 12:15. PM. It was pathetic.

So, yeah, today could’ve been an easy L. I could have just posted: “Sorry, I’ll double up another day. Here’s a fun fact. I owe you one.” Done. But then I realized that’s how bad habits start. One skipped post turns into two, then three, and suddenly I’m that guy who had a “daily” blog that lasted two weeks before disappearing into the void.

Nope. Not happening.

This commitment is to you, but also to me. It’s like going to the gym; it doesn’t matter if you’re there for five minutes or fifty. What counts is showing up. Opening up this page, typing something (even if it’s nonsense) is my version of lacing up my Metcons and stepping through the gym doors. And once I started typing, my brain was like, “Alright, we’re doing this,” and my fingers refused to stop.

Not every day is going to be a grand slam. Some days, you just bunt and hustle to first. But what matters is that you show up and give what you can.

And hey, you all make this fun. I genuinely appreciate every single person who reads along. So, here’s to keeping the streak alive, even on the days when the first sip of coffee comes after lunch.