FIELD NOTES // 012 - Pay What You Owe

Every choice has a cost.

Every excuse.

Every corner cut.

Every time you looked for the easy way out.

The debt doesn’t disappear.

It waits.

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The Debt Builds

 

Skip the reps, skip the discipline — the debt grows.

Stay comfortable, stay careless — the debt grows.

And it doesn’t just show up under a barbell.

It shows up in who you are.

It shows up in the mirror.

It shows up when life tests you.

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The Collection Day

 

You don’t choose when the bill comes due.

It might be the day the weight buries you.

It might be when opportunity knocks and you’re not ready.

It might be when life demands more than you have to give.

And it won’t just be about reps.

It will be about who you are when it matters most.

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The Cost of Discipline

 

Discipline feels expensive in the moment.

Early mornings. Loneliness. Sacrifice.

But compared to the cost of regret?

Compared to the cost of knowing you could’ve been more?

Discipline is cheap.

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No Escaping the Debt

 

There are no payment plans.

No shortcuts.

No excuses.

 

You either pay now — in sweat, pain, discipline —

or you pay later,

when it breaks you.

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In this life, you pay what you owe.

The only question is whether you’ll afford the price when it comes due.