01/06/2023
Step into the New Year with whatever foot you have and stop worrying about your "best foot".
Sometimes we get so concerned with whether we are doing it perfect that we don't do the thing at all! While presenting our "best selves" is nice, improvement is better. And honestly, trying to be "your best" when you haven't yet done the work to be better doesn't actually make a lot of sense, nor does it help you move past where you currently are.
When we put pressure on our current selves to show up as our best version we can sometimes stop the process of becoming better at all because we're banking more on who we are than who we can be. If this were coming from a place of self confidence it may be motivating - if a bit self aggrandizing and based in ego - but it'd still stop us from becoming better. Even worse though, when it's coming from a place of pressure and self-doubt it can cause paralyses, fear, and stalled growth which are decidedly NOT helpful.
If you are waiting for the perfect moment, mood, outfit, day, belief to step back on your mat, change your schedule, or start that business (or any other life change or New Years' Resolution) I need to tell you a hard truth - you may never do it. Not because you can't, but because perfect days that line up 100% are very rare and that's okay. If you decide that you have already "messed up" this year and didn't quite get your new habit or yoga practice right already I can also say that it's okay, we are all human, and that will likely happen again. None of this should change that you have a goal and you owe it to yourself to give yourself a chance to reach it and reap the rewards of said goal.
Stop waiting for perfection from yourself or beating yourself up about not being right on track from January 1st. Start now! Start new and fresh every day with whatever foot you have available. I promise the feet you have - figurative and/or literal - will take you where you need to go today, and they'll be freshly prepared for tomorrow's needs, too. You will see so much more growth and improvement when you stop thinking you need to show up perfect the first time. Perfection is not a pre-requisite to practicing.