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PRODUCT OF GOD’S GRACE | @atlantadream senior producer🌹👩🏼‍💻 | previously @spurs and @texaswbb
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I became a personal trainer almost a decade ago.

At 24, my passion was great, but my naivety was greater. The title meant more to me than the work did. I had plenty of zeal, but I did not yet understand what was required to be a personal trainer.

Looking back, I wasn’t ready to work at a big-box gym, but found myself there. My excitement faded quickly when weekly sales meetings focused on revenue, prospecting, and converting people into clients.

I thought I was there to help people become healthier and more capable. At the time, I lacked the maturity to understand that helping people and making an earnest living did not have to oppose each other.

Eight months later, I got fired.

Jaded with a bruised ego, I left the fitness industry altogether and became a firefighter. I then assumed my chapter as a personal trainer had ended.

But fitness found its way back into my life.

I joined my department’s peer fitness team, got recertified, and helped improve the fitness of our personnel and incoming cadets. What I once thought I had left behind was quietly blossoming in a different environment.

Then my wife and I moved, which meant stepping away from firefighting for a season. While waiting for the opportunity to return, I decided to work as a personal trainer again.

I mean, it only made sense, right?

At 33, it feels different. More genuine. I understand the responsibility better now. I also understand something my 24-year-old self could not: I can help people, take the work seriously, and be compensated for doing it well.

The person in the last picture chose a direction. The person in this picture is still discovering where it leads.

God writes stories that we only get to read one page at a time.
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Extremely grateful for this past year! Back to football.
#GoSpursGo #clevelandbrowns
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summa høøpz 🙂‍↕️
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