Commitment

You hear all of these motivational people talk about not giving up, and you just think what drives them to keep going. Talking about sports, fitness, or relationships, whatever it is, you have to be committed. What does it mean to be committed? It means that you don't give up. It means that when all the odds are against you and what you are trying to do, and you still keep going and don't ever stop.
I'm going to talk a little bit about relationships; in any relationship you want to last, you have to be committed to it. It doesn't matter if it's your spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend or just a friend, you have to devote your time to that person, in order to stay committed. Now, there are different ways that you can devote your time to a person, and they need to be different depending on how your relationship, is, and how you want it to be, but all in all, you need to be working on all of your relationships. Now, this isn't saying that you have to do all the work, and then if the relationship doesn't work out, it's your fault, because both of you need to be trying to make it work, but if you're not working, your not committed.
Now, I'll talk a little bit about sports; you have a sport that you really love, for me it's basketball. When you say, it's (enter your sport here) season, and it's time to focus only on that. I'm going to spend all of my time practicing, sleeping, eating the right food, all to make me a better player, team member, and person altogether. That is true commitment.
There are more examples for each thing that one could be committed to. It may be music, it may be school and education. It could be your job. Anything you do, you can be committed to it. My challenge to you is when you find something that you are committed to, stick to it, and don't let anything change your mind. Once you have a goal set or a commitment made, don't go back!
If you are going to spend all of your time working on that specific thing, you are committed to it, no matter what it is. Now, don't misquote me, and say that to be committed, you can't do anything but whatever you want to be committed to because that's not what I'm saying.

But, chose your commitments carefully because you can't be committed to a lot of things, and expect everything to work out. If you're like me you are extremely busy and have many different activities going on, and that is fine, you can do good at all of them, but chose which one you would like to excel at, and make that your priority, be committed to that!