Did you know change is possible in almost all areas of your life? Don't like the mindset that you've been having? Change it! Want a new hair style or color? Change it! Feeling stuck in a career? Change it! I hope you see the pattern here. This is typically a relief to realize that when there is something that you don't like, you are able to change it. But...there is a part to this that nobody likes to talk about. Change won't just happen while you sit there and wait for it. Nope. Its not like the change of colors of leaves on the trees that happens whether we are paying attention or not. It can only happen with some good, old-fashioned WORK!
Sure, it would be great to just think about losing weight and then it just happens one night while you are sleeping. But that just isn't realistic. You are going to have to put the work in to exercise, change your diet, and probably modify some of your thoughts. All of a sudden that doesn't seem quite as easy and this is where it typically ends for most people. Still, there are some who are more highly motivated and will stick with a plan until they see their desired results. Well the same is true about changing your parenting habits or child's behavior. You can't simply say, "I wish my kids would go to bed easily" or "I'm so tired of picking up after my kids, it would be nice if they would take care of their own toys," and then expect things will be different from then on. These are both routines than CAN change. Maybe you didn't teach your kids to clean up from an early age. That does not mean that for the rest of the time that they live with you you will be stuck picking up after them. It means you must decide that you want a change, make a plan, and prepare to work really hard on implementing said plan.
Recently, I was listening to someone speak about changes and loved what they had to say. "It's not any one big step, it's a lot of little steps." To me that is encouraging. This change that I want to happen is not going to require and one major thing that is nearly impossible. I just have to be ready to show up each day ready to take all of those little steps that are going to take me to where I want to go.
Make a plan, change your mindset, and take a step!
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