"Hell Week is a mental gauntlet as well as a physical one"- Navy SEAL Joe Burns
Throughout my life, I have always admired the people who truly had the trait known as self-discipline. Until recently, that trait was never fully a part of my repertoire. However, now that it is, I have become a better person and I feel if more people possessed this trait then the world would be a better place. Self-discipline, to me, is the ability to do the right thing when no one is looking. Along the same lines self-discipline is the ability to withstand the greatest of temptations, because you won't let anything stand in your way of achieving your goals. With that said, recently I have been researching jobs that I may want to pursue once I have completed college. During this time my brother let me borrow the book The Warrior Elite and upon finishing the book, my search for a job ended. This book,authored by ex-Navy SEAL Richard Couch, is the most impactful book I have ever read. It gives an all-access look into what the SEAL candidates do from day one to the day they earn their tridents and everything in between.
The reason I want to put myself through the torture of BUDs (the training each candidate must last through) is because I believe that it is the ultimate test of discipline--both physically and mentally. Whether its going through Hell Week--where you only get 4 hours of sleep total-- or it is enduring thousands of push-ups each day, I know that this is the place and eventual lifestyle for me. I want to be a warrior who walks among the modern gladiators that "train for war" and "fight to win". I also understand that most people will not comprehend anything I have just written, but I know that I am different than most people. For example, I look forward to pushing myself mentally and physically to and beyond its capacity, while others dread it. So this blog, in general, will be for those people who want to push themselves and do things many deem as impossible. No matter where you are in life, and no matter where you have come from the bottom line is this: we still have potential to reach, we still have lives to change, and we will still have goals to meet. The race aint over.
Thanks for reading. JG
