How do you celebrate grit?
Grit (noun): Courage and resolve; strength of character.
Grit is synonymous with toughness. If something is gritty, it’s rough around the edges from many various run-ins with adversity. It’s gone toe to toe with tons of different challenges and come out on the other side diverse, more challenging, and grittier.
Grit isn’t something you’re born with; it is something you develop when you consistently put yourself in situations outside of your comfort zone. You create something in yourself when you find your passion and persevere, through thick and thin, until you reach your goals.
Celebrating your grit doesn’t mean throwing a party every time you do something good. It just means that you acknowledge your growth and your determined spirit. It means you prepare yourself for the next time you must do something hard.
Celebrate the small stuff
Grit doesn’t have to mean doing the most challenging thing possible all the time. Sometimes, making a healthy, small choice is difficult and takes determination. You must know that even the smallest choices can have consequences.
Examples:
- Getting in the gym when you don’t want to
- Skipping that donut in the break room
- Using constructive feedback
- Taking time to recover
At face value, these things don’t seem hard to do. However, we all feel the temptation to cheat a little bit when we’re not supposed to. Ignoring that temptation takes mental and physical toughness, and it deserves to be celebrated. Please pat yourself on the back, acknowledge that you made the right decision, then do it again.
Plan for the big stuff
Preparation is a huge part of grit. It would be best if you planned to face those hard times head-on. Without a plan, you will have a hard time making those tough choices and finding lasting success. Without a plan, you won’t know what to do when things don’t go your way.
Plan for things to go right and for them to go wrong. That way, you’ll never be surprised when things don’t go the way you want them to.
As you get older, you need to prepare for your body’s natural aging processes. You can negate them to some extent with a healthy diet, regular exercise, and a strong, gritty mindset.
Examples:
- Consistently eating healthy foods, such as green vegetables, lean meats, and healthy fats
- Maintaining an exercise routine in which you can constantly improve
- Taking time to work on your mindset with meditation
- Giving your body ample time to recover with sleep and rest
Anybody can do these things occasionally. It takes grit to do them every single day. It’ll be challenging when you start, but you’ll find it more manageable once habits form. Being healthy will be a part of your life, and you’ll thank yourself because you’ll feel better, have more energy, and be able to tackle whatever comes your way. At that point, you’ll be able to understand and celebrate what it means to have grit indeed.
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