05/15/2024
If you take time this week to reflect on anything- please have it be this.
Your habits are impacting your current life and your future life. Positive and negative, what you choose to do today impacts your tomorrow. It's really critical when planning habit changes to super priortize being gentle with yourself.
It's easy to see reminders like this, and feel a rush of pressure to jump on the judgment train. I can guarantee you, that you have a habit in mind that you know you want/need to change and you're very likely already being hard on yourself for not doing it perfectly today.
Here's the thing- perfectionism kills progress. What builds solid progress is doing your best every day to make the healthier choices that support the life you want, the changes you want, and the health you want. Do not worry about being perfect. Focus on making the best choices you can, and don't throw away positive progress cause you had a cookie one day, or because you didn't go to the gym, or let up on a healthy boundary.
Each morning, remind yourself of the healthy habits that are important to you, and try your best every day to meet those intentions. Be gentle with yourself through change. Be kind if you "mess" up.
All of that said, if you never make changing a bad habit into a good one a priority, that habit will hurt you at some point. It's too easy to keep putting things off until the perfect time.
The "perfect" time is today. The "perfect" choice is doing the best you can.
What do you think about this?