🧠 Edition 42: Don't wait for Motivation
Lessons from my 75 hard program. There is never a convenient time to start. There's been a lot of day ones and a lot of lessons in the daily journey. And that is the biggest take away to date: Release the expectation of getting to the last day.
Take as much time needed and slow down enough to hear the lessons in the daily human struggle of meeting your goals and desires. But don't stop. Stay in the game, because it's the daily lessons of the journey that are the true WINS!
Here are 5 main lessons in the journey so far that I want to share:
1. Discipline is different than motivation. Stop waiting for motivation to show up. Staying disciplined and committed to the daily follow-through is what brings success. AND the follow-through is the highest form of self respect and reprogramming there is.
2. Enjoyment vs. Awefulizing the process. This is a big one! The internal dialogue of dreading and monumentalizing, I can't believe how I would work myself up, but once I just started, it was never that bad. Also if you don't like something, like running, then don't run. Find daily movement activities that you enjoy. Face the fact that it's not going to be 100% enjoyment the whole time.
3. Efficiency. Just get it done. Another big one! Time is one of the biggest excuses of the book. From start to finish, it's max 2 hours out of 24 hours to dedicate to exercise and reading which I don't think is unreasonable. Eating healthy, drinking water, and snapping a picture don't really take much time. It's more about planning and mindfulness. Again, go back to observing and changing the mind chatter. There's time to do this!
4. Define your standards. There's levels to this. Acknowledge the level of acceptable personal standards and start where you're at without comparing other people's program. If it's just doing 75 days of 1.5 hours of walking daily, then start there. We are not training for a body transformation competition here! It's never about burnout, but consistency and follow-through. Same with the nutrition plan, decide what your standards are and stick to them. Another life metaphor!
5. Ego. Release the excuses coming from the Ego in a place of fixed vs. growth mindset. Each time that I've "failed", I find myself criticizing the program saying things like "it's designed to break you physically, it's too restrictive, this is not healthy, you're going to damage your adrenals, it's too stressful" etc. But the truth is that none of that is true. It boils down to learning better time management, planning, mindset, and listening to your body of when you need to scale back the difficulty. It's the difference between scaling back vs. quitting. Remember just walking counts. Look at failure as feedback, we are only learning or winning, never losing. So when you feel yourself criticizing, blaming, or making excuses, it is usually from a place of EGO which holds us back, protects, keeps us from achieving new levels, higher standards, and overall growth.
Have a look at the 5 pillars to the 75 hard program.
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❤️ Stephanie 🧠✨🤸♂️🌱
The Freedom to Live 5 things Friday
Every Friday, 5 things of value from the integrative health sciences.
The best of the best functional medicine, educational resources, research, quotes, books, tips, advice etc. all from the key pillars of the integrative health system.
1. Commit to a Nutrition Plan: Define and Put Nutrition Standards in Place.
2. Commit to Moving your Body: EVERY DAY rain or shine.
3. Commit to Hydration: Start each day with Natural Gatorade (Lemon/Lime + Pink/Sea Salt) and continue with 6-7 glasses of clean water.
4. Commit to Reading Self Development
5. Commit to Tracking Progress
“Think less about how your leaders are leading your world, and more about how you are leading your life. Our leaders reflect our consciousness. While there are steps we can take to improve our leaders, the first step is to upgrade our own walk.
Your power to change the world begins with your power to change yourself. What is within you is greater than what is around you.”
- The Tao Made Easy by Alan Cohen
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That is my WHY I commit. I just DECIDE to make the daily commitment to an upgraded walk. To do these 5 things of the 75 Hard Program and as I take this very personal journey, I am touching and teaching others along the way.
You can do it too.
Enjoy this week! and Commit. Don't wait for motivation or a convenient time.
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Stephanie
#thefreedomtolive