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What's going on, pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit

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of Calling, the podcast that provides you with

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the strategies and tools needed to successfully

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discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's

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through inspiring stories, thought -provoking

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interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on

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personal growth and development, we've got you

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covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy

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the episode. How's it going, pursuers? So, this

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is gonna be a quick one. Quick episode. It's

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8 .30 on Sunday, and I've been pretty busy recently.

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So, my pain has been high, work has been rough,

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and I'm still trying to do all things unto the

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Lord. It is hard, and sometimes it sucks. And

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recently, I feel like I've been missing the mark.

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I wanted to be a little vulnerable this episode.

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I feel like that I say a lot about, like in the

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last couple episodes, I've been talking about,

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do all things as unto the Lord, strive for excellence.

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while at the same time, I haven't been being

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excellent at my full -time job. A big part of

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that is because I don't want to be there for

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the rest of my life. So that kind of got stuck

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in my head, but the big thing I want to do is

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this. I want a podcast, I want to have my own

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coaching brand, and I want to serve people the

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way I believe I've been called to serve. but

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I'm also in this season right now. And I believe

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that whatever you're doing, whenever you're doing

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it, you should be doing things as unto the Lord.

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And what that means is you're working for Christ,

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you're working for Jesus, you're working for

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God. And if that is true, if God is your boss,

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then you should be doing the... best you can

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possibly be doing. And I haven't been doing that.

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So, to not be a hypocrite, I want to come on

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here and, or to stop being a hypocrite, I want

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to come on here and just tell you guys, confess

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and just say, I haven't been practicing what

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I preach, and I'm sorry. The thing with why I'm

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recording at 8 .30 at night is because on a Sunday,

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and normally I try to record Saturday morning

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is because I've been working this weekend to

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try to meet to get closer to meeting a deadline.

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Because we've already pushed the project I'm

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working on out for a couple months out than what

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it was originally scheduled for. And my boss

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finally told me that he was skeptical we were

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going to get done. And I asked him why and he

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said because he doesn't feel like we were Caring

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about the deadline at all doesn't feel like anybody

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really cared that he said deadlines that seem

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to be like a suggestion to you guys and that

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really kind of hit me because that question that

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put my integrity in question and It felt like

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my integrity was on trial and it was going to

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lose So I Decided that there was one one thing

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that came up that had to be done by Monday So

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I took the time to do it to get to get it done

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and get it done So I did that yesterday and today

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I worked a little bit to try and get ahead of

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the game for tomorrow for the week I'm also taking

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Thursday off. So like I can't Take a day off

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and not work over the weekend this month anyway,

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and I Am actually really proud of myself just

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because I never worked on the weekend. I don't

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feel like I've ever worked over the weekend.

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It's been eight years that I've worked at this

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company. So I just want to, again, be honest

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with you guys. I told you this was going to be

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a quick episode. But I also want to tell you

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about my pain because in the very first thing

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in the episode, I was saying that my pain has

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been high and it's true. There was a day a couple

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weeks ago, maybe I mentioned it already, but

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I, on the previous episode, but I was, it brought

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me to tears. I had to walk away from my desk

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and just cry and ask for, ask text friends, text

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the men's ministry I'm a part of, and ask for

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prayer, ask for support. When I see my pain,

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for those who don't know, I should have said

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this first, but I have a condition called Muscular

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Dystonia, and if you haven't been listening to

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this episode, Muscular Dystonia is like a writer's

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cramp, and mine goes essentially all through

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my body, affects my face, but mainly my arms,

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mainly my upper body, my arms up into my shoulders

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and my neck, and my legs a little bit, and it

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sucks. And I wanted to say like I'm talking to

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you guys who I'm trying to talk to you guys who

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have chronic pain and chronic conditions because

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I know how much it sucks to be in pain but also

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not wanting if you're on high achiever like me

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if you're a person who wants to do all things

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that's unto the Lord like I do It's really easy,

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one, to use your pain as a crutch, and then two,

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it's really easy to try to ignore the pain and

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try to be tough and push through it, and neither

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of those are the answer. The answer isn't to

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lay back because of the pain, the answer isn't

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to continuously push yourself past your limit.

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Because that just puts you in more pain. But

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there is a middle ground in there where we can

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endure the pain that is our reality. We can endure

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our reality. We can endure the pain and pursue

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excellence. That's what we got to do. We have

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to. We don't really get a choice. We have to

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endure the pain. And you pray, you ask God for

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strength, you ask Him to guide your steps and

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to keep you calm. It's easy to get frustrated

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whenever you're in pain. Trust me, I know. But

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doing all of these things unto the Lord, it doesn't

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mean ignore your pain. To me, it means acknowledge

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it. acknowledge it in the things that you do,

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and do what you need to do in order to do those

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things well. I know this may, I didn't prepare

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as much for this episode, but I want to ask you

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a question. Where are you missing the mark? Where

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are you saying one thing and doing another? Like

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me. Like I'm trying to stop. I want you to write

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that down. What is the area of your life where

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you know you can be doing better in an area that

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you should be doing better? What's that area

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that there's no excuse? You know it and it's

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been nagging at you and you feel it in your spirit

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that you know that you're lacking. Maybe that's

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in your prayer time, maybe that's in scripture,

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maybe that's at your job, maybe that's at...

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Maybe that's just a mystery that you're a part

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of. Maybe something completely different, maybe

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with your family, with your relationship, with

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your parents, anything. Just pick one to start.

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Just pick one area that you're missing the mark,

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that you know you could and should be doing better.

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And it can do better. Somewhere you know that

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what you're doing is subpar. You know, you can

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do better. I Don't I don't I'm not saying any

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of this again to burn you out I don't want you

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to get burnt out even though I think burnout

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is just a part of it's part of our lives. It

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happens Unfortunately But it does happen. I think

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it also helps it also teaches us where it teaches

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us of limits and teach us where we can improve

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so that maybe we won't get burnt out in that

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way again. Because we'll learn how to delegate

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or learn how to mentally endure the stress of

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the situation. I don't want you to burn yourself

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out, but I do want you to be better today than

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you were yesterday and better tomorrow than you

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were today. And so on and so on and so on and

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so on. That's the goal. It's not to be perfect.

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It's not perfection. It's excellence. And excellence

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is one that exceeding expectations is also continuously,

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continuously striving to hit that mark. striving

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to do better tomorrow than you did today. The

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only way we can do that is to strive for growth.

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It's just want to do better. And if you believe

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you can do better, you can. All right. That's

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where I'm ending this episode. It's actually

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10 minutes. Almost on the dot. So, guys. Thank

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you for listening to this episode of the Pursuit

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of Calling Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode,

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on YouTube. Alright guys, I will see you next

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week. Peace. Keep pursuing your calling. Do it

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well.