It's Easy If You Let It Be. It's Hard If You Let It Be.
I am working on a new habit of heading to the gym to lift at 7pm. And I was thinking about how starting a new habit can be easy if we let it be.
Oftentimes, I overcomplicate things and it's the overcomplication that makes it so hard to take action.
But my new habit is easy. At 6:45pm, an alarm goes off on my phone. I don't want to head to the gym. I'm not excited to head to the gym. But I am motivated to change my life. I'm sick and tired of feeling how I am feeling. I lost my consistency with lifting. While I've been exercising daily and lifting dumbbells, I miss the barbell. I miss working on my goal of lifting 200lbs.
So when the alarm goes off, it doesn't matter if I am protesting in my head. The parent in me kicks in and tells me it's time to go.
And so far, it's been easy. There's no "but just this once" because I know what that turns into!
I have clear boundaries and structure. Head to gym at 7pm.
I have flexibility and novelty. On Mondays, not lifting. Just walking to keep the habit. Novelty- I watched a comedy special while on the treadmilll.
Starting a new habit is only hard if we let it be hard.
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Jaclyn Ricchio
Hey! It's Jaclyn. I'm here to help you stop feeling like a failure by getting consistent with mornings, meals, movement... anything. I hope you stick around and read a bit, will ya?
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