“Everything was live in the 80’s.”
– Unknown

5am Coffee WOD social hour.

Deep Squats (Thoughts)

We’re doubling up the Timfluencing today. In the spirit of finishing the year and the start of 2026, here’s a book by Jon Acuff titled “Finish”.

“Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, “I’ve never had a problem starting. I’ve started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can’t I finish?

According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals.

For years, I thought my problem was that I didn’t try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I hired a life coach and ate more superfoods. Nothing worked, although I did develop a pretty nice eyelid tremor from all the caffeine. It was like my eye was waving at you, very, very quickly.

Then, while leading a thirty-day online course to help people work on their goals, I learned something surprising: The most effective exercises were not those that pushed people to work harder. The ones that got people to the finish line did just the opposite— they took the pressure off.

Why? Because the sneakiest obstacle to meeting your goals is not laziness, but perfectionism. We’re our own worst critics, and if it looks like we’re not going to do something right, we prefer not to do it at all. That’s why we’re most likely to quit on day two, “the day after perfect”—when our results almost always underper­form our aspirations.

The strategies in this book are counterintuitive and might feel like cheating. But they’re based on studies conducted by a university researcher with hundreds of participants. You might not guess that having more fun, eliminating your secret rules, and choosing something to bomb intentionally works. But the data says otherwise. People who have fun are 43 percent more successful! Imagine if your diet, guitar playing, or small business was 43 percent more suc­cessful just by following a few simple principles.

If you’re tired of being a chronic starter and want to become a consistent finisher, you have two options: You can continue to beat yourself up and try harder, since this time that will work. Or you can give yourself the gift of done.”

See you in class,
Tim

What’s Going On?

Holiday Class Schedule
12/24-25 CLOSED
12/31 CLOSED
1/1/2026 – MURPH at 9am Only

The Coolest Winter Teen Class

Who: Boys and Girls aged 12-17

Dates: September 30th – November 20th

When: Tuesdays/Thursdays at 4pm

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Overheard in Class:

“They should bring back Celebrity Deathmatch with today’s celbrities.”

Timfluencing

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history. Available on Netflix.

Tim’s Takeaway: It’s the Holidays. Sure, there are movies coming out in theaters. But, there is going to be a time when everyone is sitting around with nothing to do, but you’re all talked out. Put on a good movie and you’ll still have “quality time” with the family. You just won’t have to talk to them. Cheers!

Thank you for your support.

I look forward to what we will do together.