Find your new 100%

I saw a video on TikTok from David Goggins. It’s a video of what else, him running in the rain.

“It’s 44 degrees and it’s nice and rainy outside. But no one cares about that. It’s not about the rain. It’s what the rain represents. Life is always giving you a test. Trying to give you a way out. Trying to give you an excuse not to show up. This is my excuse today. But guess what? You’ve gotta have the mentality to show up every F**** day of your life. No matter what life throws at you. It’s our responsibility to show up to the Colosseum of life prepared for F**** battle. I don’t care what you’re going through or what life’s throwing at you. It’s your responsibility to find your new 100%. Take it upon yourself to do that. Stay hard.”

I can definitely say these last few weeks I have found a new 100%. I found energy I didn’t know I had. I figured out how to do more with the same hours. It wasn’t easy. In fact, it was exhausting, and I was feeling pretty run-down yesterday.

Today I clocked about seven hours to finish my portion of this major project that is due tomorrow. I’ll find out in the morning how the rest of the team did. I will have to smooth it over with the client if there is some outstanding work to do, but at least I know I showed up and completed my piece.