The Key to Success...

The biggest factor in whether you crash and burn or smoke the competition is simple: your WHY.

Men... if you're going to the gym everyday because you FEAR that missing two straight days will leave you looking more like Jay Baruchel from She's Out of My League instead of Gerard Butler, your military press won't accomplish shit.

NOW...

If you drive your sweet ass to the gym everyday because you know that Zeus-like body of yours is DESERVING of the best possible treatment, you'll be cranking out reps on the Swiss ball with no need to ask 'Muscle Guy' whether resistance bands will work larger muscle groups. Ye dig? Let's continue...

Ladies... if you're opting for that distinctly flavoured V8® over that delicious cup of loveliness (also known as the Tall Caramel Frappucino from Starbucks), because you HATE the vision of you wearing fat pants in July, you'll be waiting 'til everyone's asleep for the chance to attack that tub of Häagen-Dazs® while watching Bridget Jones.

NOW...

If you swing by the convenience store on your fifteen minute break to pick up that sexy veg-medley because you APPRECIATE and LOVE your body and want to thank it the best way possible, you'll be wearing that hot-ass Victoria's Secret halter top bikini by May... Canadian time honey. That's impressive.

IN CONCLUSION...

Action out of fear leads to failure... so don't declare war. Instead, flip the switch to a labour of love and you'll be seeing benefits faster; hold the guilt and shame.

(PS: If you do happen to lose your way and end up at the sugar and spice station with a Grande in one hand and a whip cream cuddled straw in the other, don't fret... some skinny people survive off McDonalds. A little treat won't doom you to indefinite belly-bulge-syndrome.)

A Snipit of Unqualified Wisdom...

One month since I started this... and my whole life changed. People met, things explored, and a HELL of a time of new beginnings. Too deep for you?

Here are just some words of encouragement, and hopefully a tittle inspiration...

Now I'm not here to restate the obvious that's been told by the self-help section of the now-physically-rearranged Chapters (in my hood)... but we all know that energy is equivalent to life.

Now if what I'm hinting at is boggling your walnut, just know: CREATIVITY expressed breeds energy, not RedBull people.

So whether you love to play soccer or you're into weekly curling meets, get that energy out there. Whether you love to dance circles around pedestrians along Queen, or you love to sketch futuristic outfits in your pad, regardless of anyone seeing them... let it roll. Whether you love to paint or fiend to rearrange wall-concealed wires and plugs to make a building light up and function... do it. If it's working on your beat up car, or talking crap about celebrities in the upmost professional manner (enter Perez)... get on that!

It doesn't matter whether someone acknowledges your self-discovered creativity or not, but it's important to get it out. Because once you start doing something, even if the thing you love doing takes up only five seconds of your day, it matters... and things start happening. Don't do it primarily for others. And for J. Murphy's sake...

... don't take my word for it!