Fixing Yourself and Building Momentum in Life: The Aggregation of Small Things

Q1, Winter is always brutal. You are almost always extra busy as business usually ramps up.  

Additionally the weather sucks badly, at least in SF in my neighborhood, it’s wet and dark. Not as bad as in Canada and Europe but the lack of sun really affects me. All probably not helped by my mess of a home life. I honestly was feeling a bit suicidal at that time in 2024, something I’ve only felt a few times in my life (2001 and 2020 specifically). 

As I wrote in an earlier post, that’s where Thailand came in. I booked a full week of fight training at the excellent Stay Wellness Resort with its own world class on site gym & Muay Thai kickboxing facilities with amazing personal trainers. There was also a top notch health and wellness clinic as well as an excellent spa. 

Nothing better than 1 on 1 Muay Thai boxing intensive training. Sweating and burning out all the rage. Followed by yoga, sports massage treatments or cryotherapy or IV energy treatments. That and a sauna with a soak in Onsen Hot Spring. I also had 1 on a Personal training to help finetune my training regime. I got plenty of sun and slept very well every night. 

It was amazing and all these small things together completely changed my mood and turned around my outlook. You sometimes need to get out of your normal everyday environment and rut. In fact, I would argue this may be the only way to get a breakthrough. 

My point is that sometimes it’s doing a whole bunch of small things together that can help change your momentum in your life. 

I felt so much better after the trip. Better about myself because I worked out hard and felt proud of doing hard things. The workouts also gave me the physical and mental strength to tackle all the challenges I’m facing in my life at home. Sometimes that is all it takes. A turnaround, bit by bit, piece by piece.