How many times have we not done things we might have wanted to do because we told ourselves " I am not THAT kind of a person". It could be anything- going to gym to beef up, suddenly trying to dress better, being different from what you were yesterday, anything at all.
Staying true to yourself is hard. Staying true to stories you tell yourself is much easier.
The mind resists anytime it needs to change, it conjures up dangerous consequences that are either not true or might happen but arent as a big a deal as your mind seems to imply.
And thus it is, that we stay the same- year after year, comfortingly, dully the same. After all, thats who we are, right?
Each year we end up in the same spot we started, perhaps having taken a few steps forward but inevitably slide backward to the zone of where one is expected to be.
When you start exercising after long you feel pain in your muscles called DOMS. Most of us enjoy the reminder the pain signals- that you are starting to exercise. We encounter resistance once we have decided to change, and after an initial bout, slip back into old ways of thinking. Consider this resistance as sweet as DOMS. Yes, of course its painful, but remember , its just a test to see if you are worth what lays ahead.
You can get out of the corner you painted yourself into, if you dont mind the mess you make on your way out.
Staying true to yourself is hard. Staying true to stories you tell yourself is much easier.
The mind resists anytime it needs to change, it conjures up dangerous consequences that are either not true or might happen but arent as a big a deal as your mind seems to imply.
And thus it is, that we stay the same- year after year, comfortingly, dully the same. After all, thats who we are, right?
Each year we end up in the same spot we started, perhaps having taken a few steps forward but inevitably slide backward to the zone of where one is expected to be.
When you start exercising after long you feel pain in your muscles called DOMS. Most of us enjoy the reminder the pain signals- that you are starting to exercise. We encounter resistance once we have decided to change, and after an initial bout, slip back into old ways of thinking. Consider this resistance as sweet as DOMS. Yes, of course its painful, but remember , its just a test to see if you are worth what lays ahead.
You can get out of the corner you painted yourself into, if you dont mind the mess you make on your way out.
