You decide one evening that the next morning you will get up and go for a walk.
Why? Because the weather report says that it’s going to be a sunny warm beautiful day and you don’t have to go in to work early so you have extra time and you have that trip coming up in a month and you want to look your best. You know that you have a few extra pounds that are getting in your way and preventing you from getting into the new summer clothes and on top of it all, you invested in a great pair of walking shoes that haven’t been used yet. Maybe.
Morning comes, your eyes open, you look at the time and you’re thinking, “Oh yeah, I’m supposed to go for a walk”.
What happens next? Here are a few scenarios:
-You have time to sleep in or go for a walk – with no further thought you turn over and choose to sleep in.
-You look outside and it’s not sunny it’s cloudy and it might start raining so…
-Your kitty throws up and your concern prompts you to take her to the vet immediately…
You get it. You’re not going for a walk today whichever way you slice it or dice it.
Do you ever think about what makes you do or not do something that you say you are going to do? In this particular case you wanted to go for a walk but you didn’t end up going. What really stopped you?
*If you happen to be in a quandary and searching for clarity, your responses to these may shed some light.
Take a moment and think about something you are actually planning to do or somewhere you’re planning to go then consider the following:
What is the genuine reason you are considering this?
What positive outcome could come from this experience?
Detail what could possibly stop you from what you have chosen.
How much do you really want to do it or to go?
Are you doing this for yourself or for someone else?
If you are doing this for someone else, how will it make you feel knowing that you have done this for him or her?
What will be your personal payoff when you do this in other words; in what way will it make you feel good?
What’s at stake if you don’t do it?
How can this experience potentially create new learning and growth for you?
What insight are you taking away by answering these questions?
~Lesia S.
