Once upon a time someone told me I should teach people how to be disciplined
I was born with this โannoyingโ habit as my husband would say
Of being disciplined
๐๐จ๐ฐย ๐๐จย ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎย ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ย ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐?
๐ญย โย ๐๐ฒย ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ย ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ย ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐๐ผ๐ย ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐ฎ๐
You canโt become disciplined at something all the time you tell yourself a bunch of excuses
โI actually donโt drink that muchโ when you are drinking alcohol 4 times out 7 for example which is more than half of a week
โI donโt eat that much sugarโ when you can never say no to a treat at the office, at home, at party etc. Before you know, you are having a treat every single day.
Why would you stop drinking?
Why would you stop eating sugar if you donโt see the need to right?
When you are ready to be honest with yourself
You start taking empowered action towards being disciplined about the things you want to change.
๐ฎ โ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ
When you write things down,
You make it real.
It is almost like telling the universe or God
โI am doing thisโ
It is a way you can keep yourself accountable.
Again by telling someone, they will keep you accountable
When you see them, they are going to ask you and mostly likely
You donโt want to look like a fool.
๐ฏ -๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป (๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ)
After you write your goals down,
you can write it down 3 things you are going to do daily towards your goal
If you want a proper plan, write when and how you are going to do it.
Donโt leave it up to chance or in the air.
These days I meditate for 20 minutes.
๐ฑ-ย ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธย ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ดย ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บย ๐ป๐ผ๐ย ๐๐ต๐ฒย ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ย ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ
Discipline is built over a life time.
There is no end destination.
You get stronger physically because you start exercising daily then you move to the next level
You put a new plan in place to push your body a bit further and you keep going.
It is about thinking that whatever you are doing today, it is making you healthier, happier and more fulfilled for the long term.
๐ฒ -๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
I asked myself daily during my whole chemotherapy treatment
Angelica, do you want to live or die?
Harsh but I needed to do it some days to get myself out of bed.
We can easily forget about how uncomfortable it is to live inย
๐๐ฝexhaustion
๐๐ฝunwell
๐๐ฝsick
Our physical and emotional discomfort creep up on us slowlyย
And as adaptable human beings, we get used to them.
Remind yourself each morning
I donโt want to feel exhausted daily anymore
I donโt want to have a cancer recurrence (that is my reminder here)
I donโt want to feel anxiousย
You get the gist here right?
You are the only one who knows how uncomfortable it is to live in your body and mindย
therefore you are the only one who can remind yourself of it.
Once you remind yourself if it,
You empower yourself to doing something about it daily.ย
๐ณ โ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
A lot of people take action daily based on how they feel
โToday I feel tired so I wonโt exercise.โ
โToday I feel stressed so I will eat chocolate.โ
If you lead your life by how you feel,
You will probably sit in the sofa all day eating cookies.
As nice as this sounds, after one month of doing that
You will feel physically sick and probably mentally too.
Stop waiting to “feel like” to take action,
When you have your plan, execute on it daily.
๐ด -๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐
Life is fluid and things happen all the time that are unexpected.
Again you canโt stop practicing your daily habits every time something happens
You canโt stop practicing habits that serve you every time something disrupts your routine
You need to have a back up plan
That you can implement when things donโt go according to plan.
That could be doing a shorter exercise routine.
Cooking double from time to time
To always have a healthy meal in the freezer.
๐ต โ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต
When someone else makes you accountable
You tend to stick to the plan because you want to do well
You donโt want to tell that person some ridiculous excuse as to why you didnโt do it
So you basically get stuff done.
On top of that, when you have someone guiding you
They can help you with a different perspective
Which is very valuable when we are trying to change.
Because the truth is everyone gets stuck and
Nobody makes it on their own.