It doesn’t seem that long ago when my world collapsed in front of my eyes. The life I was running could not be sustained, and my mind and body could not handle any more PRESSURE.
To protect itself, it went into shutdown mode. And, what a shutdown it was! Before going into detail about BURNOUT and depression, let me explain how the human body can be pushed to the limit.
The programming of your future lifestyle starts as you exit the womb. All sensory inputs received by your five senses are recorded and processed by your conscious and your SUBCONSCIOUS.
Fortunately, and unfortunately, most of the time this system is operating with a mind of its own. To add to that, a great majority of this programming is acquired before the age of seven. At a time where you have no conscious CONTROL over this process.
Every stimulus you experience is recorded with its related emotion and imprinted in your database. Combined with emotional reactions, these packets of information govern your every thought and actions. Over time, this process creates strongly ingrained patterns of BEHAVIOR and thought process.
Once created, they are almost impossible to break, and most people go to the grave with them. For the lucky ones, on the other hand, they can AWAKE from this tainted reality, and create massive changes and shifts in their life, heritage, and legacy.
Ok, back to my story. By age 38, let’s just say I had accumulated a hefty series of human killing HABITS.
My mind, body, and soul were in complete shambles. I could feel death for the first time in my life. I had often lived through almost near-death experiences, but I had never actually felt the feeling of death.
My knees were destroyed by the excessive skiing with a 250-pound body. I also had a very hard time managing my food, alcohol, coffee, and cigarette addictions, as well as a host of other energy-sucking PATTERNS of behavior.
At the same time in my life, my mind gave up. My thought process was way out of whack, my dreams were crushed. I had no positive vision for the future, and I was on the path of total burnout from LIFE. Nothing worked, and nothing was positive.
My roles as a husband, father, teacher, Union leader, and full-time skier, were obviously way too heavy to bear. The result was a complete COLLAPSE of the human body.
Finally, my soul was fully annihilated. I had FAITH in nothing. My time on earth began to suck bad! A mass portion of my time was spent wanting to be somewhere else.
The only problem was that every time I got to do that something else, I immediately still wanted to be in another place. There was no satisfaction, and I could never pinpoint the source of all the SUFFERING.
You see, my habits had taken over my life, and had produced a very MISERABLE person!
Please don’t get me wrong, there were good times to be had, but the damage was mounting. In the same way that it will take you many years to fully repair the damage done, I had 38 years of behaviors to re-form, re-educate and RE-PROGRAM.
It was not easy, as I promise it will not be for you either, but it did get way easier as time went on. I could even say EFFORTLESS at some points.
The end result is the attainment of a certain state of optimal FLOW. When you start to accumulate perfect days (no negative thoughts or emotions from rising in the morning to bedtime) the feeling is incredible and addictive.
Something drove me to find a solution, as it always does. A complete OVERHAUL was needed to turn this ship around. Sometime after my 40th birthday, I decided that I was up to the challenge. I knew there had to be a better way!
Oddly enough, one of my best ideas was to do the complete opposite of everything I knew I had to change. I also told myself that it had to be in small bite increments.
Finally, and most importantly, I had to stop for 30 DAYS, and if I failed, I had to start again until I succeeded. Many times, I could juggle 1-3 different choice patterns at the same time and combine elements that could SUPERCHARGE results.
These new behavior patterns seemed to push me in the correct direction in all aspects of my life. The compound effect of these VICTORIES over time healed all parts of my being in amazing ways.
By age 42, three years and two months after my initial breakdown, I can honestly say that most people don’t even recognize me. They literally walk by me. They, on the other hand, alway seem to stay the same…
Change is hard, and you gotta WANT it!
In this 90-week JOURNEY, I would like to share and show you the exact steps I took to accomplished the almost impossible. Follow me and believe.
Have faith in the journey. Your treasure can and will be discovered.
FREEDOM is real, and it can be FOUND!
In the following weeks, I will share wisdom from the experts who treated me in this process of healing. I will also recommend different books, exercises, tricks, and tips to keep progressing in the right direction.
I fully believe anything is better than doing nothing! Act now, not tomorrow. COMMIT to change something for 30 days at this very moment. Go ahead, stop reading, and do it now!
For those who commit to this 90-week process of reprogramming your life, I promise you an epic journey. Go ahead, create the change that will determine your LEGACY. Let the power of choice begin. Do the opposite, and improve your life immediately, and FOREVER…
By the way, you already know what to do!
Welcome to a world of choice, welcome to your future…
Marc Lepage
