The other day I was going to my workout and was caught in some heavy traffic. Hesitant to make it to my appointment late, I considered not going at all and saving myself the face to face embarrassment of being 20 minutes late. I ran through all the excuses in my head of why calling and canceling my appointment with my trainer would serve me, as well as my trainer, best. I mean, why bother going late, if I could only train 40 minutes instead of 60? Isn’t that a waste?

I think the real reason I tried to talk myself out of it was that I didn’t want my trainer to be disappointed in me. Talking myself down from the ledge, I knew that he wouldn’t. In fact, he’d be MORE impressed that through a challenging day, I still showed up. So…I DID. I relished the 40 minutes I had and felt fantastic afterwards and (after the first 2 minutes), didn’t miss a beat!

Now, do I wish I would have been able to make the full hour? Of course! But, in life, we often run into so many obstacles which throws us off our schedule, that if we always gave in to the “all or nothing” mantra most of us would do “nothing.” In fact many of us do just that…Nothing!

I can think of multiple situations where either I or a client of mine was running late. Quite honestly, if a client of mine runs late, I’m ok with it; as long as he or she is also ok with it and it doesn’t make me late for someone else! I’m always happy when someone “shows up.” That shows commitment.

In my perfect world, I would wake up, energized and full of zest and arrive early for every appointment. I have and I try and do just that! However, as much as I try, sometimes “life” gets in the way and when it does, I reconnected and think how important it is to do what I can and simply show up, even though I wasn’t on time. When I have done this I’m always glad I did!