Time, I need more time

People say having time is a matter of choice.
But for an amateur athlete, those choices can feel heavy.

Work or rest?
Family or a qualifying race?
A night out or one more training session?
Healthy food or something quick and easy?
And supplements… do I take them, or not?

It’s not simple. It never is.

Because it’s all in these quiet, daily decisions that performance is built.
Not in one big moment — but in the small sacrifices no one sees.

Step by step, choice by choice, you move.
From average… to better.
From better… to something more.

But be honest with yourself
What do you really want?
And more importantly — what are you willing to give up to get there?

Because this journey… it asks for something.
It ask for discipline.
It ask for patience.
It asks for time.

And yes, in the beginning, people may not understand.
They might say you’ve changed.
That you’ve become “too intense.”
That you’re missing out.

But they don’t see what you feel.

They don’t feel the purpose.
The fire.
The quiet pride of showing up, again and again.

So here’s the truth:

Breathe.
Trust the process.
Make your choices without guilt, without regret.

This is your path.
You are the athlete.
And that… is more than enough.

“Live to train, train to live.”
— Oscar Schmidt