I shared this advice with a group of fantastic ladies before their graduation from bootcamp. But I thought I would share it here because I believe it is advice that can be used in all areas of life. 

You vs you. 

We live in a society that is constantly telling us what to wear, the latest fitness fad, how to eat, who to hang out with, when we should be married by, how we should have kids, go to school get a job and we are always competeting to meet these ridiculous expectations. 

In reality the only person you should be in competition with is the you you were yesterday. If we strived each day to be better than the person we were yesterday and not be caught up in what everyone else is doing we would become a better person. The stress of trying to meet societal norms would be gone and we would be able to focus on the person that really matters which is you. 

We always get told as a child that you are unique and nobody else is like you so why would you want to be in competition with someone else who may have different factors and things going on. 

We all have things going on. Sometimes those things are openly visible and sometimes things that people are dealing with are deep within them that people can’t see. So we can’t compete with people because we will never have all the same factors that they do. 

So it’s you vs you. You have to fight against the person you were yesterday. Fight to beat your last rep. Fight to be nicer. Fight to become better than you were yesterday. Nothing can stop you from beating you yesterday or the you from six weeks ago or the last six months. The first step is to start. Start today. Do something to improve yourself because there is no better day to start than today.