HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?
(This post is very personal to me, readers beware)
When I first moved from NY to LA I had a very very hard time… I didn’t know if I was going to stay because of my awful divorce. I was at a cross roads in my life and the company that I worked for at the time was not as supportive as I would have hoped. I didn’t want to go back to NY because I felt like there were to many memories of the past.
My Break Through Moment: I had a heart to heart with a trainer I had worked with for a couple of months in LA. I asked her what she thought about me staying or moving back to the Empire State. She said, “Lacey you were a rock star in NY but your style isn’t going to work in LA… I think it would be in your best interest to move back.”
What she said made my heart stop… I was shocked at my reaction but I’m proud of myself for trusting my gut in the moment. I didn’t know the trainer that well so I had a “consider the source moment,” and because I didn’t believe the company I worked for at the time was a good fit for my training style I quit that same day. I was done with negativity in my life. I wasn’t close to really anyone in LA, so I decided I would start over. I didn’t want to go back, I wanted to see what was possible for my future in LA and I promised myself I would do whatever it took to navigate the City on my own. That was it, I was going to “start over,” and I wasn’t going to look back at my past successes anymore. I also realized I was so focused on what I had done; I had lost focus of what I was doing.
Flywheel hired me and opened about 6months later. Fly helped me to see there were people in this town not just focused on being cool… It was a break through for me… An “All right, all right, all right!!!” moment. I can work with this. I began to search the city for workouts that were about Team, were fun, and taught people how to be their best in a structured athletic setting. I had trouble finding any.
That’s where #8weekstochange came into play http://laceystonefitness.com/8weekstochange-intensive-program/ That’s when I got my fire back. That’s when I knew I could make a difference in LA.
There was definitely a time when I thought I might be done with fitness… That maybe I wasn’t good enough to be at the level of success I had been in NY… Where I almost let my divorce and other people’s opinions destroy my passion for what I do.
I stand here as living proof… It doesn’t matter what people say, it doesn’t matter how far you fall from grace… If you are willing to do the work and trust your heart you can turn any negative situation into motivation. Never ever give up on you.
I believe everyone has a hero inside them… It’s your job to listen to it.
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