Rehabilitating Your Word

Part of starting a new routine is rehabilitating your word.  See, we tell ourselves we will do something and then we so often break the promise that we no longer believe our own word!

• I will work out
• I will eat healthier
• I will save money
• I will stop yelling
• I will clean my office
• I will make a change

And then, the first chance we get to have an excuse to not do what we say, we take it!  It must be human nature because so many of us do the same thing.

So how can we fix it? 

Start by making a list.  It can be a hundred or so things from big to small.  Anything from making a budget to taking out the trash.  Then, make it a goal to check five things of your list each day.  No repeats!  Just do five things on the list each day.  This teaches you that you are good to your word (plus it gets a lot done).  Don’t save all the hard ones for last.

Secondly, set realistic goals that you can stick with.  If you say you will work out 30 minutes a day, don’t only do 20 minutes!  Do the full 30.  In your mind,  it is only a success or failure.  Not a “I sort of did it.”

Lastly, just do it!  Make every day a day of accomplishing your top five most important things and make your health one of them!  It takes so much energy to make excuses, it is better just to get the job done and conserve your precious energy for constructive purposes.

What are your top five most important things?  Remember, you will not do anyone any good if you’re not here.  Create longevity and quality of life!

Love and Light,

Coach Kristine