You Are Your Habits

How many times have you been motivated to do something but never followed through? How many times has inspiration struck, but after a few steps, the journey ended? Have you ever asked yourself why?

In Atomic Habits by James Clear, he writes “It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior. You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven’t changed who you are.”

How many times have I done this? Too many to count. The feeling of having a new idea that I am completely excited about, only to be completely bored or done with it within two weeks, if not two hours.

Is it because the idea was bad? No clue. I did not pursue it long enough to find out. It was because I did not have processes in place. I did not have the habits that would lead to success.

“When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from these who are struggling. Instead, ‘disciplined’ people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control.”

The next time you set a goal, the next time you tell yourself you are going to do something, or you want something, take a look at your past actions first. If you find yourself falling short time after time, conduct an autopsy and look into why. If you are not where you want to be in life, in any aspect, I recommend one of your first steps is reading Atomic Habits by James Clear.

“Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat.”

A Healthy Bite

Broccoli

A nutritional powerhouse with numerous health benefits, broccoli contains several important minerals, antioxidants, as well as being an excellent source of Vitamins A, K, and C. The benefits of broccoli include:

• Can help lower cholesterol

• Maintain healthy blood pressure

• Improve cardiovascular function

• Support eye health

• Supports gut health and a healthy digestive system

Mental Health Moment

Resilience

Please remember, I am not a medical professional, nor is any of this medical advice. I am just out here living A Kidney Life.