It’s 2023!
Are you knee deep into a brutal resolution that shakes the very foundation of your soul?!
So many times I tried to make total radical lifestyle change happen overnight, and so many times I failed. I often failed so badly that it was years before I could summon that courage to have another go at it.
While it is true that my life today looks absolutely nothing like it did when my eating and drug use ran the show, the change wasn’t miraculously overnight.
I also resisted total change for a long time. I resisted the idea that in order to be sober, I would have to radically restructure my life. I believed for a long time that I could exist in the exact same manner and just not do drugs. I would scratch my head on mornings that I woke up from a blackout wondering why I’d done the things I’d so righteously decided not to, and again try to move forward with the idea that no broader change was necessary.
And then there were the times I went for total radical change instantaneously, and also fell flat on my face.
The thing that I learned that has been true for me, is that I had absolutely no idea what my life would look like when that total radical change took hold.
I knew some things. I knew that hanging out in crack houses was a bad idea. I knew that dishonesty was something I could immediately do away with. I knew that I needed to seek help and guidance from others, those who had the sorts of things I was battling figured out to a respectable degree.
But I learned a lot on the way!
I learned that moralizing food, for me, reduced my own self responsibility. I learned that if I killed myself in the gym everyday that eventually my body would find a way to quit on me. I also learned that I was capable of a lot more physical exertion on a daily basis than I’d led myself to believe! That there was a sweet spot to daily activity that was HARD but that I could do FOREVER!
How are you doing in this first week of your new life? Have you learned anything about yourself? What IS working on your plan and is there anything worth changing?
I have nothing but faith in YOU!