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Perhaps you have decided to declutter and streamline your life. Perhaps you have decided to get fit. Perhaps you have decided to get a new job. You were full of motivation until you turned to the practicality of starting and you saw the overwhelming mess, the amount of exercise you have to do, or the huge number of jobs and the upsetting state of your resume. Your motivation takes a hit and your habitual reaction starts to whisper to you, “Do it later”, “You don’t have time now”, “It probably won’t work anyway”. We are so accustomed to listening to these voices and they feel very comfortable. Deep down, however, you know they are lying to you. It is time to stop that running commentary in your mind. Today IS the right time to start, you will make time, and it certainly will work – as it has for many, many others. If you do begin feeling this way, write down one sentence to refute each of the negative thoughts that keep popping into your mind. Find a success story or couple of images that will remind you that you want to be on the same path as that person or you want a similar outcome to what is pictured. The world is full of success stories, and it really is time to write your own. Vividly picture the feeling you will feel once you reach that first goal. Break down the overwhelm to small step goals – getting your resume re-styled (or doing it yourself and having a friend review it for you), completing 7 exercise sessions, sorting through one room of your home. Then ride on the thrill and momentum of completing those tasks. A sense of accomplishment and acknowledging to yourself that you are definitely on the path to your story of success will convince your brain that this is already planned out – the outcome is already set and you are simply walking a well-trodden path that you know the (positive) ending of. Don’t feel overwhelmed – transform that emotion into imagining the feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction when you get there.
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