When does personal growth happen?
Don't be surprised that personal growth doesn't happen at the end of what you want to achieve. Growth starts to germinate at the first step into the unknown of what you want to achieve. Growth starts to blossom in the valley after many steps have been taken. The obstacles, the disappointments, the small wins. All these forge you into the person that continues to go forward through the valley towards that end goal. Sometimes dreaming big is the only way. Our interpretation of what a big goal is, varies. As our paths are different yet end distintation is same - become better version of yourselves before we started personal growth journey. Last Saturday I did participated in a charity deadlift fund raising event for The Black Dog Institute. 2 weeks out I hurt my back and my coach told me not to do certain lifts which I did. No deadlifts or squats. Before the event I told my coach I wanted to go for 185kg which will be my new PB. The morning of the event, messaged my coach to say if my body feels ok I might go heavier. I managed to get 187.5kg deadlift. Now my next goal is in November 2026 to get that 200kg that I failed at last November 2025. 187.5kg was just in this valley I'm going through. Moral of this post, don't let obstacles and failures stop you on achieving what you want in life. Learn to pivot and adjust. Moving forward even if it is messy action, wrong investing chooses (me), bad lifts, poor planning etc. These create and forge you become better. Hope this inspires you all to continue to move forward for what you want to achieve in life!! Video of my 170kg, 180kg and 187.5kg lifts.