This Season Is About Becoming Stronger Than Your Excuses

Five weeks ago, I did something I never imagined I’d be doing at 49 years old — I started a traineeship to become a bus driver. Yes, an actual bus driver. Not a metaphorical bus driver of life or mindset — a real-life steering-wheel-the-size-of-a-hula-hoop kind of bus driver.

And before you ask, no, this wasn’t some childhood dream. I didn’t grow up saying, “One day I’m going to drive a 12-tonne passenger vehicle!” But life has a funny way of opening doors you never expected — especially when you’re willing to step outside your comfort zone.

From Car Parks to Confidence

It all started in a quiet bus depot, practising turns around safety cones and learning how not to take out a fence. From there, we moved onto main roads — surrounded by what I now refer to as paid actors pretending to be everyday drivers just to test my patience. Six years and more than 8,000 Uber trips have already shown me how unpredictable people can be on the road, but driving a bus? It’s a whole different ball game.

You’re not just steering — you’re managing:

• Overhang (the bus nose swings out further than the wheels),

• Tail swing (yes, the back swings out too — love that),

• Mirrors (you check them every 2 seconds),

• Passengers (because turning too hard turns them into bowling pins),

• Low branches and bridges (I now fear trees more than I fear Mondays).

  
  

The last two weeks have been intense — I had multiple mentors, all with different teaching styles, different expectations, and different ways to do things. Some days I left feeling confident, other days I felt like my brain had been put through a blender

But here’s what I learned: showing up matters more than feeling ready.

Because last week — I got signed off.

I am now officially cleared to drive a 12.5-metre bus solo. My first shift by myself starts Tuesday. Am I nervous? Yes. Am I proud of myself? Absolutely. I’m also excited. Growth doesn’t happen when things are easy — it happens when you keep going even when your stomach is full of butterflies.

Health Is the Same Journey

Learning to drive a bus reminded me so much of what it’s like to go on a health journey — whether it’s weight loss, fitness, healing your body, or working on your mindset. The process is exactly the same.

1. You Won’t Feel Ready — Start Anyway

Most people wait for confidence before they start. But confidence doesn’t come first — it comes from taking action. I didn’t feel ready to drive a bus. I just showed up, followed instructions, made mistakes, learned, tried again, and kept progressing. Health is no different. Start before you feel ready — confidence will catch up.

2. You Need Awareness of Your Blind Spots

In a bus, you constantly check blind spots so you don’t crash into anything. In life, your blind spots look like:

• Emotional eating

• Making excuses

• Overthinking

• “I’ll start Monday”

• Going all-in for 3 days then disappearing for 3 weeks

Growth starts with awareness. You can’t change what you’re not willing to look at.

3. You’ll Hit Detours and Delays

In training, sometimes roads were blocked and we had to find another way. In health, same thing. Some weeks you’ll be tired, stressed, hormonal, emotional, low-energy or just not feeling it. That doesn’t mean stop — it means adjust, don’t quit.

4. Smooth Over Speed

This one hit hard. If you rush the bus, you lose control. If you rush your health — fasting, detoxing, starving, smashing workouts — you’ll crash. Sustainable progress beats intense sprints every single time. Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

5. You Control Your Lane

There will always be people who don’t understand why you’re making changes. Why you’re eating differently. Why you’re going to the gym. Why you’re saying no to old habits. Just like driving, there will always be people who cut you off. Drift into your lane. Get too close. Distract you. Judge you.

Your lane. Your pace. Your journey.

Becoming Stronger Than Your Excuses

I didn’t take this traineeship because it was easy. I took it because I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to earn more. Grow more. Build resilience. Shake up my life and demand more from myself. Not in a burnout way — in a self-leadership way.

And that’s what I want you to know: you don’t transform your life when it’s convenient — you transform it when you decide you’re done holding yourself back.

Whether it’s your health, fitness, energy, confidence or lifestyle — you don’t need permission. You don’t need perfect timing. You don’t need motivation. You need a decision — and then consistent action.

Because success is built in:

• Early alarms

• Walks even when you’re tired

• Protein when you could grab a quick sugar hit

• Showing up for yourself even on average days

• Holding standards — not excuses

Final Thoughts

This season of my life isn’t about being perfect — it’s about becoming stronger, wiser, sharper and more disciplined. I’m proud of myself — and if you’ve been growing, learning or getting up again after falling — you should be proud of yourself, too.

Stop waiting for courage. Start building it. One decision at a time.

Your journey doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s — it just needs to matter to you.

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