Co-Creating Your Own Wins

Written By: Jackie, General ManagerDo you consider yourself the author of your own script; the sole person that creates their own dialogue? Co-Creation means that you are acknowledging that you are responsible for your own life and that you continue to take responsibility and initiatives to create happiness, wellness, and success.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HAPPINESS, MY WELLNESS, MY SUCCESS!

Let me provide an example of what this could look like: If you keep telling yourself things you will eventually find them (whether negative or positive). When you tell yourself something often enough, you will find the evidence that stacks the belief you have.

As an example, if you want to budget money every week that goes towards an investment, you will find the funds to do that! You will alter your spending habits and ‘extras’ in order to save that money. That could be $50 per week set aside and in order to find that $50, you will start looking at all your spending (not the necessary items like mortgage, heat, hydro, and groceries) I am talking about all those extras! You will begin to notice that you go to your favourite coffee shop every morning and spend at least $2-$5 a day. You also eat out at least 1 or 2 times a week with an average bill of $40-$60 (per person) each time you go out! Here I have already found $54-$155 a week of where you could save. You just have to know where to look and you have to be willing to make that commitment to put that money aside!

Another example, you recently decided that you want to join the local gym. You are all keen, you made your first appointment to get started; then you get home and discuss this with your partner and they are immediately drawing a picture that includes “how do you expect to pay for that”, “you don’t have time”, “why would you drive there 2 or 3 times a week with the price of gas”, “you won’t fit in”. Can you hear the excuses already? All of a sudden your enthusiasm has been halted and you start believing what you are being told and you instantly regret the decision you made for yourself!

There are a couple of ways you could have approached this decision above:

1. You could have found answers to all those questions by creating a plan that explains what that will look like so they have a clear picture! You could have found the funds to pay for that membership (by budgeting), you could schedule your time at the gym (by getting up early or right after work), you budgeted for extra gas because you save that money elsewhere (budgeting), and you remember the vibe of enthusiasm you had initially and remind your partner that fitting in will not be a problem (your gut instincts)! Supporting each other in a relationship is so important!
2. The other option you have is to allow your partner to control the narrative of negativity and you go along!

When you begin to work with others who want the same outcome as you, supporting you along the way, and guiding you in the right direction, that is a powerful thing! And when you find that you don’t want to let that feeling go! The same goes when you surround yourself with like minded individuals, who are all searching for the same thing or opportunity you want to hang on to those people!

CO-CREATE YOUR OWN WINS!

You can only co-create your own wins if you are empowered to be the creator of your own outcome or the creator of your own solutions. Nobody else is going to do the hard work for you! Therefore, if you want to budget for something, you will find the way! If you want to start going to the gym and look after your health and fitness, you will find a way! The only person stopping you from achieving anything in life is looking at you in the mirror!

Looking to start your health and fitness journey? No problem – we at Degree Fitness Seaforth can support you as you begin to co-create your WIN!

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