“Doing what you have to do, when you have to do it, whether you like it or not”
Annette Jones
So you have made your decision, have your list of goals and it’s now some time has passed? Are you still on track?
Are you still as passionate about having those things in your life?
Are you still as passionate about taking the action that you know you have to take daily to move towards those goals?
Many people make weight loss a goal, for example, as I did when I separated.
Sometimes it’s not as easy as we first thought, e.g. getting out of bed during winter at 5/6 am in the morning can put you to the test can’t it? I’m sure you have an experience where you may have given up and thought ah well there is always next time. Or for you was it just a natural progression of doing a little less every day until no action was taking place at all?
Developing self discipline is the key.
“Do what you have to do, when you have to do it, whether you like it or not”
I don’t particularly like the word “discipline” as it conjures up rules, regulations and strict time limits in my mind. I prefer the word “Freedom” which then motivates me to have “Discipline”. Let me explain…
We can help ourselves out when it comes to achieving a goal we want, but sometimes dislike the discipline that comes with it. Of course there is that great question “Is your Why strong enough?” But sometimes that isn’t enough…
But!
We can stack the deck…
What do I mean by that?
OK so you have made a goal of wanting to lose a dress size, loose a couple of Kg’s, body fat or whatever it is for you.
You are eating healthy foods but it’s the getting up and going for a walk or doing some form of exercise that needs the discipline.
And we all know that exercise benefits us in so many ways.
The night before decide what you will wear, leave them where you can see them when you wake up and have your socks and runners there too, together with your ipod if you like. Decide on the time you will wake and set an alarm if you have to.
Just before you drop off to sleep imagine getting out of bed as soon as you wake or the alarm wakes you, putting your clothes and runners on, plugging your ipod in, walking to the front door and opening it and then you’re off!. Do this twice more.
Do this every night for 21 nights running (pardon the pun!) and you have created a new habit!
How can you use this process in other areas of your life?
Have you done this process before and it has worked for you?
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