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Faith And Purpose

I Chased Goals for 10 Years Before I Realized Goals Were Never the Point

Abraham Ojo

May 20, 2026

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A woman standing alone in an empty gym at 5:15 AM looking at a loaded barbell in a squat rack, chalk on her hands, the specific stillness of someone for whom this stopped being a choice.

Two people with the same goal will produce radically different consistency. The variable is not discipline. It is whether the goal is connected to something worth being uncomfortable for.

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Discipline

The Real Reason You Keep Starting Over Every Monday (It Is Not Laziness)

Abraham Ojo

May 12, 2026

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A woman standing in a dim hallway at night holding her phone, a gym bag with the tag still on sitting against the wall, the stillness of someone making a plan she has made before.

You have restarted your goals so many times that restarting has become the goal. The problem is not your discipline. The problem is what your brain does with a clean slate.

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I Chased Goals for 10 Years Before I Realized Goals Were Never the Point

The Real Reason You Keep Starting Over Every Monday (It Is Not Laziness)