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I Met My 90-year Old Self in the Gym #shorts

1 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Alyssa broke down crying at the gym, overwhelmed and scared. In that moment, she imagined her 90-year-old self asking why she was upset, reminding her she'd survived harder things. She realized most of her fear was about judgment, not actual failure, and committed to a six-month plan.

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And I was in the gym. I went to the gym and for whatever reason, I just couldn't take it. And I was just feeling so much pressure. And I went to the corner and started to cry. I was just so like, what will become of me? What will become of me? And then out of nowhere, I channeled the voice of my 90-year-old self, like a grandmother looking down on me saying, what was she so upset about? You know, she had parents who weren't gonna let her starve. She had some money in the bank. She was, you know, building this thing she really wanted to do. What was she so upset about? And, you know, that's when I realized that part of what I was so upset about was like being judged. And I just was like, okay, I'm just going to do this thing for 6 months and then we'll see what happens and I'll figure it out after that.
Wow, wow, thank you. Uh, it just— and, and I'm being very honest and open here— it just made very the journey very real for me, for, for myself and for what you're sharing, Alyssa.