☕️ Sunday Coffee: After the High – What to Do When the Euphoria Fades
Let me take you back to 2019 when I finished an IronMan.
IronMan: If you’re not familiar, that’s where you swim 4 km in the open sea, bike 180 km, and then top it off with a marathon run of 42 km. And yeah, you gotta do all that in one day, within 15 hours.
Why did I do it?
Maybe it doesn't make sense just from a logical standpoint, but it was a goal I had for a long time. It’s one of those things that, once you’ve done it, you know that anything’s possible when it feels impossible.
Here's the deal: the training journey took 3 years. Six days a week, averaging 2.5 hours per session, sometimes peaking at 5-6 hours, and occasionally squeezing in two workouts a day.
Three years is a big chunk of life, especially when you’re moving from your 20s into your 30s. Life happens – people get sick, new folks are born, others pass away.
So many things happened during those 3 years of prep that it felt like a lifetime.
I had plenty of chances to quit, but I didn’t. During that time, my first child was born. We moved into a big apartment we’d dreamed of for years. My dad passed away a couple of months before the event. Love and hate you, Dad..
And then, two days before the race, my whole family got food poisoning, and we had to call an ambulance. And there was more drama.
You might’ve noticed how I split events into "before the start" and the countdown. And after almost 13 hours of competing, hearing “You are an Iron Man!” at the finish line was the culmination of those three years. My wife and I cried. It was a moment that captured everything we’d been through. 💪
Every time things went south, the goal of becoming an IronMan kept me motivated.
But you know when it really gets tough? Not before or during – it’s after. Because after, life just keeps on rolling.
Finding new motivation after the big event can be insanely difficult.
This happens in almost every activity. First, there’s euphoria, then a downturn, and after that, it’s either the end or slow progress. It all depends on what’s driving you.
It’s the same with investing. When you hit a quick win, especially in a bull market, the euphoria can be intoxicating. But then comes the next stage.
That’s the stage where you need to keep going until euphoria turns into habit, and you ride out the autumn to get to the next spring. When something becomes a habit, it gets a lot easier.
💡 So, to keep going without burning out, you gotta be ready to answer one question for yourself – why. Answer it in a way that makes you smile and double down on your efforts.
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