Be proud that it’s a small community.
Misery Signals, my favorite band, just dropped a new documentary on YouTube.
In it, someone says that hardcore bands can only get “so big.” They’re never going to be mainstream. They’ll never fill stadiums or get the kind of attention other genres do.
But that doesn’t make them any less important. They still change lives. They still mean the world to someone.
It got me thinking about powerlifting... especially geared powerlifting.
Last year, there were only seven hundred and some multi-ply lifters who competed. In the grand scheme of sports, that’s nothing. Even raw lifting is tiny when you zoom out and look at the numbers.
But who cares? If it matters to you, that’s what counts.
The things that hit home for us — the things that keep us showing up — don’t have to be big, popular, or widely understood. They just have to mean something. That connection, that obsession, that sense of purpose. That’s the real win.
Don’t downplay what lights you up just because the world doesn’t get it. How you feel about something matters.
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