ANYTHING WORTH DOING..

WEEK OF 11/16/2026

 

..is worth doing a little.

We’re back into the “holiday season,” which insidiously becomes “excuse season” for many people.  Our routines get a little shakeup, and we can get pulled away for various reasons (usually good ones!).  For many people, this isn’t that challenging to navigate.  They just pull their foot back a little off the gas pedal and they keep going, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but they keep going nonetheless.

For others, any negative change in speed can feel like the opposite of progress.  Missing a class here and there and getting knocked out of rhythm can be devastating for no other reason than it feels like if we’re not going at 100%, we may as well not be going at all.

Here’s the thing: time in the market beats timing the market.

Take the Warren Buffet approach to growth — make smart decisions, keep a long timeline, and don’t get caught up in the day to day changes in the market.  Training is really no different.  The only constant in life is change, and we can never rely on any particular schedule, approach, or period in our life to remain stable.

In Jiu Jitsu, it’s understood that achieving the black belt usually requires a minimum of 8-10 years, tons of mat burn, regular ego death, and a few injuries along the way.  And within those 8-10 years there will be love found, love lost, relocations, changing family dynamics, grey hairs (lots of them), and different priorities.  And that’s ok.  That’s part of living.

But if training is worth doing, then it’s worth doing a little of it too when life starts to get in the way.  Take it from someone with 22 years in the sport.  Everything you want to achieve is achievable, you just need to stick around long enough to get it.