First I would like to thank you for accepting me into the RGX community. Hello, My name is Mohamed, I’m about to become 14, I’m Muslim (I believe in god). I’m currently going through high school while also planning my next steps in life. My goals are to lose weight, get more experienced in calisthenics, I also want to start running more, and find a way of making money. I joined the RGX Community to stay motivated in what I do, and learn from the more experienced. I wish that you all get to achieve your goals, and accomplish anything that you want.

Things do not always occur the way they did when you planned it in your mind. This is a fact of life. And if you cannot accept this, you will rush around in resistance to the inevitable. You will end up reacting into every little thing that is wrong with your life. This is a miserable existence, (I would only know because ^that^ was me today). Instead, we can accept these mistakes, frustrations, and failures, remembering we are human. We can choose to recalibrate into the present moment, feel the fresh gift of oxygen in our lungs, be still in the presence of God’s goodness, revisit our reverence for life. Knowing that one day, we will die and pass on from this earth—like everyone before us—we can dive deep from this high point of clarity into the depths of this very second, the ocean ever unfolding, the now. It here we engage with pure focus and clear intention, an undivided attention set apart for the only thing that exists, which is here and now—the unfolding. We must learn to wrap our attention around the vital things in life, even when life goes off course and it feels pointless. If we do not raise our eyes and lift our heads, how can we confidently walk the path before us? We cannot, in the distraction and drama of this broken world, make sense of life. We cannot find meaning in the shallow concerns of the masses, whose minds have been quietly programmed into modern slavery through the addictive, twisted, toxic substances, content, and lifestyles promoted by a broken system. We cannot find true healing in the poisonous medicine we’ve been fed–spiritually, physically, and mentally. There is nothing but reaction and noise in the black hole. The black hole is the infinite trail of lies that lead to reactivity, hate, bitterness, self-pity, self-distraction, avoidance, blame, division, discouragement, and the deep pit of defeat. In the noise, we become slaves to the world. This is where the enemy wants you. Quietly submitting your entire life over to those quiet thoughts and behaviors that eat away at your true identity and conform you to the world.

overthinking a goal is called anxiety. overdoing a goal is called winning.

I wrote this note to myself in June. It might serve you too if you're feeling the pressure and want some gentle motivation to get back on top. I was heated, and deprived, so excuse my language in advance. Are you the one controlling your attention? or is your attention being controlled by every impulse that runs through your brain?? in this viciously competitive landscape.. your #1 weapon is focus. the way you get the competitive edge is through your mind. the ability to flip a switch and suddenly be on, ready to execute, ready to deliver, moving swiftly towards a goal efficiently and effectively - this is a rare, rare skill. there’s nothing more dangerous than a man with focus and a ruthless ability to say no. it’s self-control. it’s cognitive willpower. it's immense inner strength. we’re drowning in a sea of distraction and cognitive dissonance. everyone talks and very few follow through. I think I make people uncomfortable. No f*cking problem. I’m just the black sheep. [ Update: this was written in June.. Last week I was called psycho, so I feel very convinced about this now lol.. ] If you’re not ready to handle the workload, someone else will. Somebody’s coming for you. Someone’s watching. The team’s watching. They’re waiting on you—that's right, you. You to build the vision. You to carry the boats. You to start the load the wood and start the fires early in the morning. You’re leading the mission into these unknown territories. I don’t care if you’re tired this morning, level up. Find a way. Lock it in. Get focused. Amp up your drivers again. Activate the necessity to perform. Sharpen your competitive edge with clarity, vision, duty, obsession, identity. Remember who you are. Remember why you're doing this and speak it forth. Remember who needs you on your A-game today, look them in the eyes, and show up for them today. Remember what happens if you decide to avoid this, put it off till tomorrow, and forget the vision. Visualize the pain of failure.

It’s Saturday. What’s the one thing you’re going to do to win the day and increase your momentum? If that’s resting up after a long week, that’s fine. If that’s run club, check. You crushed it. If that’s something else, make the commitment. Create the conditions. And move. Have a righteous Saturday brothers.