I love the quote in the image below, “Change is a process, not an event.” So often we (ME!) find ourselves thinking that when we change something, we should see immediate results. That is not the case. Just like everything in life, change takes time. Practice makes progress, and progress takes practice. Change takes time.
Change… that can TOTALLY be a dirty six letter word in my life sometimes. I don’t like change. I like things to be predictable, consistent, and reliable. I think my type A anal OCD personality really thrives on routine, schedule and order. Change messes with my happy place.
I do not like change.
Yet, this past year while on my fitness and weight loss journey I realized that change is necessary. In order for me to grow as a person… I must grow and change. In order for YOU to grow as a person… YOU must grow and change.
You have to really want to change, and make the changes necessary to see the change.
Are you still following me?
What I mean is, I can’t eat, my favorite, chocolate chip cookies, all day long then groan about the number on the scale going up. There is no POSITIVE change taking place.
If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit
How do I cope with change? Not so well. When confronting change, I have learned I need to change my attitude, change my view of the situation and change the direction in which I was going.
Change can be refreshing.
Change can be inspiring.
Change can be motivating.
Change is good.
I am vowing to change my direction… and make these three positive changes in my daily routine:
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Keep a Food and Fitness Log.
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Water water water!! and more water!!!
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Find and release my inner athlete. I commit to doing something physically active (heart pumping, sweat inducing) at least 20 minutes each day!
How do you cope with change? Do you embrace change or shy away from change?
Heather @ Not a DIY Life says
Change IS hard. Have you read “Who Moved My Cheese?” Great little book (short too) about adapting to change. I re-read it every once in a while to remind myself that change can be good.