Work, Pain, and Uncertainty

There are three things I’ve learned I’ll never avoid in this life:

Work. Pain. Uncertainty.

1. Work

You’re going to work — now or later.
You either get your ass to the gym today… or you pay for it later.

I’ve watched how it plays out.
If I stay consistent now — move, stretch, sweat — I stay mobile. I stay independent.
But if I don’t?
One day, the “work” becomes bending over to tie my shoes.
Or worse — trying to wipe my own ass without help.
You think it’s dramatic?
You’ll learn what it means to break a hip on the way to the toilet.

That’s work too.
The kind you don’t choose.
So I choose mine now.

2. Pain

Heartache. Physical pain. Mental struggle.
Doesn’t matter who you are — pain’s coming.

I used to avoid it.
Now I meet it.

Some days it still knocks me sideways, but I’ve stopped pretending it’s not part of the deal.
Pain shapes you. Clears you out.
And yeah, we’ll get into how I’ve learned to live with it.
Not numb it — live with it.

3. Uncertainty

This one’s been loud lately.

No matter how many plans I make, how many flights I book, how many ideas I map out —
I never know what’s really coming.

Most of the shit I used to stress about never even happened.
But I still used to worry.
Because that’s the ego.
It needs a plan. It needs control. It needs to know.

But the universe doesn’t care about your plan.
It rewards trust.

The real kind.
The kind that says, I don’t know what’s next — and I’m still okay.

So yeah, this one’s for me too. A reminder.
Uncertainty isn’t something I’m supposed to fix.
It’s something I’m learning to walk with.