A person I admire repeatedly tells his followers that you have to outwork your self-doubt because that is the only way to prove that you can do it. The thing is, if something has been done by a person, then it is well within reason that you can do it too. But all of us feel like we're falling behind along the way. We've built Bjorn on the principle that all of us are on our own adventure, our own journey through pains. Each of us is struggling in our own way or going through something that is difficult for us. For me, it has been the constant risk that comes with entrepreneurship, the pain of the things I have sacrificed to make this work, and the struggle to eat enough to reach my own goals. For you it might be years of displeasure with what you see in the mirror, the monotony of progress, or a spouse who isn't supportive. These problems are all solvable with enough consistency. But somewhere along the way it gets hard. And when things start to get hard that voice in our head keeps telling us to stop, that this hurts, that this isn't right-- why would anything good be hard? Why would anything good hurt? And that's the thing, when it gets hard we look for option B. We look for something easy to do. We are hard-wired for this as a species. Turns out, just doing more of what works is the best answer to this. Doing more of the hard thing is what wins in the end. Unfortunately, all things come with a trade off. For good things, that trade off is difficulty along the path. It's a feature of growth, not a bug. And it hurts. All good things actually sting a little, and I think that's what makes them all worth it in the end. So keep going. Trust in the process. Remember that self-love is holding yourself to a higher standard than everyone else does. And then love yourself. You got this, adventurer.

@Krista Kelly won the Mega Quest twelve week program which eventually became the Hero’s Journey program, one of our major body transformation programs. Over that 12 weeks I watched her go from practically immobile to in pain but capable. Now, one year later she has gone on hikes, and has changed so so much from the day I met he— keeping off a massive body composition change in that time. Congratulations Krista. You’re really crushing it!!

If you enjoy fireworks and being among friends, please consider coming to Kate’s house on Saturday for the Hannawa Falls Fireworks! All are welcome!

Both Joe and Gavin have lost their voice and will after battling gnome-bots during the Father’s Day event. I am proud of all who showed. Everyone did phenomenal today. Thank you.

Friends, Americans, North Country Folk, lend me your eyes! Alright, enough of that. There's a lot going on over the next few weeks and you're going to want to read this post to be up to date. As usual, for the tl;dr: 1. GO Members App is changing. 2. The Summer Quest is almost here! 3. Renovations update 4. Staffing changes 5. Content explosion First up, GO Members, the app that we use to schedule your sessions and process payments, is getting replaced by its parent company. So because they've partnered with a new company they're requiring that everyone using their system migrate to the new one (I've used it, it's much better). The migration is set for the 19th. So we will be scrambling to get this taken care of this weekend! During your sessions this week (near the second half of the week) we will be helping you set up the new app and get logged in. If you have questions, comments, concerns, or pictures of cute animals feel free to shoot us a text on the business phone. The new app is going to make a lot of things easier for you: Easier booking, better progress tracking, ability to manage your membership, and a lot more. Keep an eye on your email over the next few days, and make sure to whitelist me ([email protected]) so that it doesn't appear as spam in your email. The day after it goes live you'll be able to log in and access it, so you'll get the link that day. Second, it's almost time for the Summer Quest! Keep an eye out for hints about what's to come. Third, I've spoken to some of the maintenance guys about the renovations. Timeline hasn't changed much, but they've already built the outline of what will become our new showers and bathrooms. We'll likely start in earnest around July or August! Fourth, our dear Maire has graduated! Congratulations! This does mean that she will no longer be able to work as a part of the team here at Bjorn. To those for whom she writes programs, don't fear! She will continue to write your programs for the next few months until she begins graduate school in the fall semester. But we have added two new apprentices to the team! Welcome @Kate Cruikshank and @Kaitlyn Luther! We are very excited whenever an adventurer graduates here at Bjorn, but when an adventurer tells us that they want to become shape smiths we can't help but jump for joy!