It’s easy to start what we want to be doing if we can figure out WHY we aren’t doing it. We are usually our first obstacle.
For example: You want to pack lunch for your kids every day instead of buy the toxic whatever it is in the cafeteria. This is a basic example for a framework that I often use for deeper habit change work with my clients.
You feel frustrated and like a “bad parent” because it’s easier to send them off with money than with a healthy lunch.
But the fact that you already want to be the parent who packs lunches implies that that version of you is already inside of you.
Ask yourself: “Why am I not already doing the thing I want to be doing?”
Take that info and flip it. Is it convenience? Ask, “How can I make packing lunches easy and work for my schedule?”
Do it before bed? While you cook dinner? Once a week?
This is what I help people with in my one-on-one coaching practice. We uncover why you aren’t accomplishing your goals and create a plan to face any obstacle that comes your way.
Goals and habit change can be easy, especially when you have support.