How to actually “make changes” in your life and routines …
In working with people in both the fitness field (over 20 years) and the mental health field (over 13 years) one of the largest obstacles people talk about is actually applying the information that they learn. Why is it so hard? 1. 90-95% of your day is subconscious and unconscious programming; you are literally running on autopilot … this means you are trying to change and add things with 5-10% of your conscious brain … which makes it like trying to ice skate uphill 2. We don’t pay attention to individual things; we respond to patterns of recognition (aka schema … this is our subconscious and unconscious programming) 3. Your brain, aka your psyche, doesn’t like change as it likes to think it knows what is going to happen tomorrow … and on an evolutionary level, change can get you killed (new foods, new people, and new places can all be dangerous) 4. Most people just wing it, and without a real plan that you can see both the end game as well as the path, the motivation to change will wane (see my previous post on motivation) What to do? 1. Get VERY clear about what you want to change or add to your life (you can’t pay attention to things you want to change if you don’t know what you are looking for … aka priming) 2. Become more mindful of what you are actually doing ~ use apps, set reminders, set alarms, use accountability partners, whatever it takes to help get you out of auto-pilot as much as possible 3. SHATTER YOUR ROUTINES! Adding new things to old routines is hard BUT adding new things to new routines is fairly easy. Go to a different coffee place, drink from a different mug, brush your teeth with your other hand, take a different route to work, speak with people you don’t normally speak with, and so on. 4. DO NOT beat yourself up for not adhering to something. Your psyche avoids pain 3x more than it chases pleasure, so if you beat yourself up for not doing something, you are actually MORE PRONE to avoid it all together … try to make it FUN! If you have any questions about any of this, feel free to chime in or contact me directly Illegitimi non Carborundum!
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