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To find it incredibly difficult to change my life the way I want? Has anyone else faced this and how did you overcome it?

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Livingtothefull · 13/06/2023 23:33

I want to do simple things to improve my life: work on some personal and vocational plans that I have wanted to do for a long time, write a book, improve my health etc. But I am finding it impossible to do....a few weeks trying to change my lifestyle and I am somehow back to square one.

I think I am motivated; but evidently not motivated enough just to do what is needed. It is as though there is a force anchoring me to the status quo, determined that those changes won't happen. Just simple things like drinking more water for God's sake. Why do I find it so impossible to do? What is the missing piece?

Has anyone else encountered this and managed to overcome it? Please let me know what worked for you.

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Vegalam · 14/06/2023 04:13

I try to think of the person I want to be and think ... what do I have to do TODAY to get closer to that person. E.g. I really can't be bothered to get a glass of water but I will make myself do it as otherwise I won't be 'that person' in the future.

It's more about building habits and to build habits you have to consciously make yourself do things until it becomes something you do unconsciously

oddlycurious1 · 14/06/2023 00:24

I could have wrote this post.. ❤️

MaraScottie · 14/06/2023 00:18

gloov · 14/06/2023 00:16

You can't change your whole life at once. Read this book and start by drinking a glass of water before you brush your teeth each morning.

https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

I was literally about to recommend this book!

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