Don’t drop your anchor in seas you were born to conquer
There’s a moment in training — mid-squat, last round of burpees, or when your grip is failing on deadlifts — where your brain whispers: “That’s enough. Just stop here.”
That voice is not yours. It’s the echo of someone, somewhere, who once told you that you couldn’t or shouldn’t. Believing it is like answering a siren’s call: safe, tempting, a seductive invitation to stay small. And we’ve all fallen for it. Dropped anchor mid-set, mid-life, thinking it would feel better to stop.
It does, for a moment. But later, sipping your coffee, you hear that voice again: “I didn’t need to stop.” And that regret cuts deeper than the discomfort ever would have.
Now let me be crystal clear, Queens: this is not about pushing through injury, burnout, or mental storms. Your body and mind know when they truly need rest. Honouring that wisdom is not weakness — it is survival, it is strength. Anchors exist for storms, and resting when you must is how you keep your ship seaworthy. I know from very real experience that not trusting that my body is sending me a signal that it can't keep going is not one to ignore.
What I’m talking about are the times you could keep going but choose comfort instead. The moment when your head won. Your body (in good shape) will keep going LONG after your mind tells you to stop. I know, I’ve done it too. In yoga, slipping out of a pose only to learn I had 10 seconds left. On the mats in jiujitsu, giving up frames just before my partner would have retreated. Those moments aren’t about survival. They’re about surrendering to the siren’s call when the Captain in you still had fight.
When you hold on, you are the Captain of your ship. Storms may howl, but the anchor stays lifted. When you drop it too soon, you tether yourself to fear instead of sailing forward. And you miss the shore just ahead: that final rep, that deeper breath, that proof you are stronger than you believed, that moment you achieve the thing you wanted but thought you would never get.
In the gym, this means trusting your body to carry you one step further than your comfort zone.
In life, it means refusing to stay stuck in places that don’t honour you — jobs, relationships, or even old stories you’ve been telling yourself.
Anchors are for storms and rest — not for keeping you from oceans you were born to cross.
So ask yourself:
• Where am I dropping anchor out of fear, not choice?
• What sea have I mistaken for an ending, when really it’s just another stretch to conquer?
• Can I lift it today, even just a little?
Queens don’t settle in waters meant to be crossed. You have fight left in you. You have fire left in you. Don’t drop your anchor in seas you were born to conquer. Let more than a little bit of that wolf show xx
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