{"id":42,"date":"2018-05-21T16:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/?p=42"},"modified":"2018-05-21T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T16:54:53","slug":"do-you-wake-up-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/2018\/05\/do-you-wake-up-excited.html","title":{"rendered":"Do You Wake Up Excited?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you waking up excited? Do you look forward to the task at hand? If so then congratulations, you are following your passion and you are better off than 90% of people who works at a soul-sucking job.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not waking up excited, and you do work at a soul-sucking job, then don\u2019t\u00a0fret.<\/p>\n

There is a\u00a0solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First<\/strong>\u00a0realize that if you are not doing something you feel excited about, then no one is telling you to keep doing it. You have the right to say no and find something else you want to pursue.<\/p>\n

Realize that it\u2019s okay to say\u00a0no.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But before you make that decision\u00a0you need to make it with a good conscience. Are you making this decision solely because you wholeheartedly do not feel passionate about\u00a0it?<\/p>\n

Loads of people are passionate about what they do, but they just let their own small mindedness or laziness kill the drive to pursue it any further. You do not want to become a part of that crowd. You want to give it all for your something you really want.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t just give up on working out and your dream physique, just because things get a little tough. Realize anything worth getting won\u2019t be easy. So if you can truly tell yourself that you are not quitting because of laziness nor lack of motivation, then you are\u00a0good.<\/p>\n

Most people think that working is a chore. It\u2019s a means to an end and you\u2019ll get your reward in the future.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t have to be like\u00a0that.<\/p>\n

We tend to turn the joy of physical exercise where we freely express our bodies, into a series of checklist and strict planning, while breaking a sweat on metal bars and high-tech rat wheels.<\/p>\n

We turn the expressions of words and forming of meaningful pieces, into yet another generic article set for a deadline date.<\/p>\n

We forget the joy of walking outside on a wonderful sunny day, and turn it into another time-consuming chore for daily groceries.<\/p>\n

When is the last time you did something and felt the excitement? You just wanted to get started; get your head down and grind. No fulfillment. No restrictive task. No manuscript to follow. Just pure expression in the\u00a0art.<\/p>\n

You see everything is an art nowadays. You\u2019re job. You\u2019re workout. When you\u2019re in the kitchen fixing something up for lunch. However, for the average person, it reaches a point where we replace the pure joy of expressing ourselves through the art with mundane checklist, task and comparisons.<\/p>\n

Ever had a moment when you were a kid, you just got a new bike and you just love riding it. You would go anywhere with it. The freedom to roam, the freedom to go anywhere you wanted to. You were in the moment and enjoying it. However one day you see another kid with a cooler bike. You start to compare your bike to his. You pass judgment on it. It\u2019s not as cool. It\u2019s not as fast. It doesn\u2019t have 5 gears. Now you don\u2019t really use the bike to roam around anymore. You use it for your mundane paper routes. You use it because it\u2019s faster to get down to the groceries store with it, then without. You\u2019ve replaced all the initial joy of riding a bike with mundane tasks and judgment.<\/p>\n

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Liberation from routines and mundane tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the realization of how my approach affected the things I was pursuing, I had to do a radical change of thought. Before I saw working out as a means to get that killer physique and become strong. While that is still a goal I wish to achieve; I no longer see it as the purpose. The purpose of me hitting the weights is an act of expression. Is the act of moving my body with joy and creativity.<\/p>\n

Does that mean I don\u2019t have a workout plan and just,\u00a0wing it<\/em>?<\/p>\n

No.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do have a workout plan (A 3-day-split to be precise) but I do not let myself get bounded to it. I switch exercises frequently so it doesn\u2019t get boring. I stick to exercises I love doing. I don\u2019t judge myself when I didn\u2019t lift as much as I could the other day. I don\u2019t compare my physique to the next man. I don\u2019t view working out as mundane task nor a means to get my dream physique, that is just a bonus from the art of expressing ones\u00a0body.<\/p>\n

Tediousness comes from the desire for routines and planning. When we go by our day and know exactly what\u2019s coming at\u00a0us.<\/p>\n

When we allow ourselves to get fixated into routines, our natural excitement dies like a fire without oxygen. To feed our natural excitement we must allow openness. We must allow curiosity to try and discover new things. We must be present and not wander in the past or future. Only the application of these 3 elements can we allow excitement back into our existence.<\/p>\n

Fueling our excitement<\/strong><\/p>\n

So now it\u2019s time to embark on bold and exciting adventures, reach terrains which have been untainted for centuries \u2014 Not\u00a0quite.<\/p>\n

You see fueling our excitement isn\u2019t just all about doing what\u2019s bold and unexpected. It\u2019s without a doubt a huge part of it. But you must also seek openness, curiousness and being present.<\/p>\n

Excitement encapsulates:<\/strong><\/p>\n