SOME PEOPLE JUST AREN’T DONE WITH THEIR EXCUSES YET

Hi, it’s Maria!

There’s something I’ve learned over time, both running a studio and watching people move for a living. Most people do want to change. They want to feel stronger, feel better in their body, and be more consistent. That’s not the issue. The issue is that they also want to stay comfortable, and those two things don’t coexist for very long.

The moment something requires consistency, it stops fitting neatly into your current habits. It interrupts your routine, asks more of you than you’re used to giving, and forces you to make space for it. And making space is where people hesitate, because something else has to move.

That’s when the excuses show up.

“I’ll start next week.” “This week is just crazy.” “I just need to get back into it.” Not because those things aren’t real, but because they’re familiar. And familiar is comfortable.

But at a certain point, that starts to feel exhausting. Wanting something for yourself and not following through on it. Thinking about it more than you actually do it. Feeling frustrated, but still repeating the same pattern anyway.

Not the workout. Not the time commitment. The cycle.

It’s easier to plan than it is to commit. Easier to stay in a pattern you recognize than step into one that doesn’t feel natural yet. So you stay in the loop, thinking about it, talking about it, almost doing it, waiting for a better time that never really comes.

And eventually, you start to notice it.

The same excuses sound familiar. Predictable. You already know what you’re

going to say before you say it.

“I’ll start next week.”

“This week is just crazy.”

“I just need to get back into it.”

And nothing about it feels new anymore.

But even then, most people still go back to it. Because it’s easier to repeat what’s

familiar than it is to sit in the discomfort of actually doing something different. That’s the cycle.

Not a lack of time. Not a lack of knowledge. Just a pattern that feels easier to

repeat than it does to break.

I see it happen in small ways all the time. People will tell me, “I’m going to come take a class at your studio,” every time they see me. And I always smile, because I know they mean it, and I genuinely appreciate it. But then nothing happens.

Not because they don’t want to. It just stays in that same category. Something

they’ll get to. Something that hasn’t required a real decision yet. And while I

always appreciate the support, this isn’t really about me. You’re not taking class

for me. You’re taking it for yourself.

So when it keeps getting pushed off, it’s not just something you haven’t done

yet. It’s something you haven’t chosen for yourself yet. So if you feel like you’re

in that cycle, ask yourself something honestly.

Are your excuses actually the problem?

Or are they just the thing keeping you in what’s comfortable?

From my core to yours,

Maria Stege

Founder & CEO, BARE Pilates Studio

…and that’s The Naked Truth.