6.24.13 We are all a work in progress

6-24-13

We are all a work in progress…

The first thing I ever wanted to be was Tweety Bird… Yes I was a small child and yes I thought cartoons were real people dressed up in costumes (don’t judge…). But that was the very first time I said, “I can do that”, “ I want to swing on a perch and get hit with a mallet, I want Tom to chase me and to outsmart him every time…”. Yes, that was my first dream.  I begged my Mom for a Tweety Bird costume for Halloween and wore that costume proudly every time I had the chance. I would practice outsmarting my brother while he chased me around the house; it was my first step to becoming Tweety Bird, my first dream. Hundreds of dreams and small steps toward those later, achieving some and not others, I had a dream of becoming a CrossFit Coach. I never would have guessed when I was 4 and I wanted to be Tweety Bird, I would actually end up being a Coach, and that helping people and changing lives would be what got me out of bed, fired up, every morning! We evolve, we change, we grow and we transform every day.  Life is amazing in that way.  How a person you meet by chance, can introduce you to something that your world will eventually revolve around.  It’s a great thing.  We find new loves, set new goals, and have new joys.  It’s exciting and sometimes frustrating.  I cant exactly pinpoint the moment when I knew I wanted to help people thru Coaching and CrossFit because now it seems like such a part of me that I cant imagine that I have every really wanted to be anything else.  I work at it, study it, and practice it every day. We can only accomplish things that we set goals for and work towards.  I have so many goals as a Coach and an Athlete that I do not know if I will every reach every single one of them.  All I do know is that every day that I get out of bed and spend time working toward one of those goals, that I am that much closer. I may not Coach someone to a PR every day, and I may not program the perfect WOD every day, but I am still one step closer to achieving those goals. Sometimes our failures are our most important lessons, and as long as we learn from them, they are actually victories.  I am a work in progress, I will practice, I will study, I will work hard, I will have patience, I will sometimes fail, I will sometimes win, and I will ultimately achieve my goals. How about you?  ~ Coach Jessi

WOD

-STRONGER-

5x 1 Snatch + 2 Heaving Snatch Balance

-BETTER-

21-15-9

Jerk (135/95)

Box Jump (24/20)

*15Min Cap*