From Stuck to Showing Up: How I Tricked Myself into Momentum

Let’s get radically candid for a moment.

I’m all about getting sh!t done when it comes to my business. You give me a target, such as revenue, growth, or campaign goals, and I’ll chase it down like it stole my lunch money. But when it comes to personal goals, sometimes it's a different story.

Specifically: getting my ass to the gym.

I’ve had this recurring goal in my journal for months. I even have a time block in my calendar. It’s there, staring at me, unfulfilled. I’d look at it every week, think "this week will be different", and then… nope. Life, work, motherhood, inbox chaos, you name it, they kept coming first. I was creating excuses for why it came first, but you understand.

That is, until I met with my coach and he gave me a simple and powerful piece of advice:

“The heaviest weight at the gym is the front door.”

Let that sink in.

He was right. I’d been treating this goal like it needed to be all-or-nothing. If I wasn’t doing 45 minutes of HIIT or death cycling, it didn’t count. So when I didn’t have a perfect hour to spare, I didn’t go.

Sound familiar?

Then my coach asked me: “What if the goal was just to go for seven minutes?”

Seven. Minutes. I laughed. “What’s the point? That’s not a real workout.”

He said, “It’s 100% more than you are doing now.”

Fair point.

It wasn’t the workout. The point was building the habit.

So I tried it. I changed the goal from “work out 4x/week” to “show up to the gym for 7 minutes.” That’s it—no pressure to do more. Just go.

And you know what happened? Once I was there, I didn’t leave after seven minutes. I stayed. I moved. I sweated. I showed up for myself.

That tiny shift in mindset (reducing the friction between intention and action) completely reframed how I view personal accountability. We don't need to crush it every time. Sometimes, we just need to start.

Simplyfying the goal got me started, and that habit created momentum.

So, if you’re like me, juggling a million things, slaying at work but silently beating yourself up over the personal goals you “should” be hitting… try making the goal smaller—stupidly small.

Small enough that you can't talk yourself out of it. Small enough that it feels almost pointless.

Because that’s where the magic happens.

Showing up builds trust with yourself. And trust? That’s the foundation of any real transformation.

So here’s my challenge to you: Pick one goal you’ve been stuck on. Then lower the bar. Seriously. Make it laughably achievable. Then… just walk through the damn door.

You might be surprised by what happens next.

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