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What to ACTUALLY Change When You Are “Changing a Habit”
We have all both heard and said the phrase, “change is hard” many times throughout our lifetimes.
If you listen for it, you will hear it muttered almost without fail in the following situations:
- Exactly three weeks after New Year’s Eve
- Anytime I do not want to do something
- When I do want to do something…but am not ready to do it yet
Altering familiar habits is uncomfortable. We humans don’t like uncomfortable. That is why we don’t change very often.
For many, change only occurs when a major, life-altering event makes it clear that you have no other choice. For example, a man is told by his doctor during yearly check-ups for 10 years that he should “lose some weight.” The man answers with, “I know, I know.” However, he will do nothing about it; until, in year 11, he drops to the floor at work one day due to a heart attack. When his doctor visits him in the hospital and says, “You need to lose some weight,” the man now springs into action and makes changes.
The good news is that you do not have to wait for a life-altering event to make choices for you. As a matter of fact, “change” is much easier than you think…IF you approach it a little differently.
