Why Do We Wait to Begin Change?
Have you ever wondered why we always wait to begin change? What is it that makes us think a better time is just around the corner?
Wait until the kids get older
Wait until we have a better job
Wait until our relationship improves
Wait until the current global situation is finished….
The thing about waiting is that we’re relying on something external changing. You don’t need me to tell you there are many things in our world which are out of our control.
The one thing that is within our control is ourselves. The one thing that is present at everything in our life, is us! How we choose to interact with ourselves and the world is within our grasp.
Often we don’t realise that the reason we do not begin is because it all seems too hard, too out of reach. That is because we are looking at the result we want, the entire mountain. It seems all too big, hard and for someone else to have—but not us.
You too can create your change. No matter how big or small, it will all begin the same way. By beginning to decide “Yes, this is my time NOW”.
Often the first step is the hardest, but it doesn’t need to be the biggest.
The smallest first step, followed by the next can often make such a huge ripple deep within us that it stirs our inner dialogue and actually excites us, empowers us, and motivates us to continue creating change!
What small things in your world can you begin to change? Don’t go external to you, go within you. That’s where real magic happens.
Here are some suggestions that might inspire you?
Do you want to feel calmer?
Begin by as soon as you wake up and before you go to sleep, practice three breaths with the sentence “I am breathing in….I am breathing out…” As you do this, feel the breath out giving you permission to relax your body. The sentence will help your mind find a place of pause. Seems so simple yet is so profound and begins the process of letting you calm from within.
Would you like to have more time to yourself?
Begin by giving yourself 2-3 minutes when you just stand with your feet on the grass. Might be in the morning, might be of a night. 2-3 minutes in 1440 minutes in your day? Aren’t you worth it?
Want to slow that busy mind down but don’t know how to?
Begin by practising the first tip and then, when you feel ready, add the second tip in. That way you are saving time and you're breathing anyway, right?
Do you feel exhausted and wish you didn’t feel like that but you can’t change the demands you have in your life?
At different times throughout your day, ask yourself “Is my mind somewhere else to where I am physically?” If the answer is yes then that means your mind is stealing your life and your energy away. It burns a lot of energy to think. It is like having the choke up too high on the lawn mower. Burning more fuel than you need too!
Begin throughout your day really noticing where you are physically to where you are mentally. You will not believe how once you notice, you will not only realise how much energy it is taking but also how much of the gifts in your day you miss because your mind has you somewhere else!
These four simple ideas may be simple but my question is: Do you currently apply them?
If not, give them a go. You will not believe how much it begins to help you find a calmer, happier, healthier, more energetic and productive YOU!
Small steps to start the change. It has to start somewhere, but most important is making sure it starts at all!
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Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!
Alli