Chasing Your Best Self

While working out the other day, I was watching a podcast clip on YouTube — something I do pretty often. I’ve always believed in trying to improve my mind while I’m improving my body.

In the video, Matthew McConaughey was talking about “chasing your best self,” and the concept really stuck with me.

Not your younger self.
Not your most successful self.
Not the version of you everyone else expects.

Your BEST self.

The version of you that keeps learning.
Keeps growing.
Keeps becoming.

For a long time, my identity was wrapped up in serving others — coaching, teaching, leading, mentoring. For over 30 years, that was who I was every single day.

Then retirement came… and if I’m being honest, there have been moments where I felt forgotten. Like maybe people thought my best years were behind me.

But over the last two years, I’ve realized something important:

Maybe this season isn’t about proving myself to others anymore.
Maybe it’s about chasing the best version of ME.

Physically.
Mentally.
Emotionally.
Spiritually.

That pursuit has led me to writing three books, building a business, studying more deeply than ever, reflecting on mistakes I’ve made, improving my health, and trying to grow into a wiser and more intentional man than I was at 30, 40, or even 50.

I still have goals.
I still have dreams.
I still believe I have a lot to give.

But I’m also learning that fulfillment can’t be tied completely to whether a particular opportunity shows up.

Sometimes the real mission is simply this:

Wake up each day and keep chasing your best self.

Not perfectly.
Not overnight.
Just intentionally.

That’s the pursuit.