03/02/2021
Understanding the long time change.
“There are four distinct factors which post difficulty to maintaining long-term behavioural change.”
And this is the most difficult component, to the cycle of change, as there are so many minor and more significant buffers that hold people back from the true success.
1) Cognitive and motivational drift:
At the start of the year, people are passionate about the new resolution they have implemented and the new change they will have in their life in the coming year.
Sure enough, in the subsequent few months, these people experience a drift back to their original behaviours and lifestyle.
We go full-on with a lot of enthusiasm but hit roadblock very quickly and motivation drops fast unless people take step by step this new change. We need to realise that the body doesn't understand this sudden change.
Long-term adherence to changes in your life is best done when realistic and specific goals are outlined and there is a meaningful reward.
2) Lack of perceived improvement:
It is well known that should someone waver from a lifestyle change because they don't think they are improving or don't see immediate improvements, the enthusiasm for change will begin to deteriorate and belief in long-term change begins to develop.
3) Lack of social support:
Long-term success for any change in life is more likely if the individual has a supportive social environment.
Having emotional, tangible, and informative forms of support makes the likelihood of success for long-term higher.
4) Lapses:
With any long-term change, there will be behavioural lapses or slip-ups which encourage old habits. The key is to keep yourself focused on the future, moving forward toward actionable goals (Remind the post of S.M.A.R.T goals).
With regular meetings with a life coach, people can monitor their own relapses through progress reports and plan a detailed method for handling those obstacles to prevent them from happening in the future.
They can figure out why they didn't reach their goals one week, what stops them, whether they have faced this issue in the past, and they can do in the future to prevent it.
Just remember that any change to your life is usually painful, it is normal, as your mind will always fight back to new understanding/changes, the mind changes only when your major change is necessary. The minds changes via instinctive moments like an animal the bird will change his nest when it's needed not but fashion nor by mood change but by obligation, it is necessary to understand your mind before planning any changes.
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