Seriously.. do something..

 In my last instalment on this blog I spoke of doing something and doing it often rather than thinking about it, waiting, processing and doing it once perfectly.  This is based on advice from a friend and from reading an incredible book called "Atomic Habits".  

Well here we are a week (or 2?) later and the instinctive pause has happened again.  I wonder why that is?  As I process my desire to write, I ask myself, as I ask about many things that require repetition where does this pause, or lack of consistent practice come from?  Why does it happen?  

Part of me thinks this happens as it's natural.  Being intentional is not natural.  Our nature tends to be what I call "the drift".  We don't naturally live with intention.  That takes discipline which requires effort and a deep focus.  In general, we live for the drift and when we drift we don't drift toward health, focus, discipline, and the things that feed into us.  When it comes to eating, my drift is the path of least resistance which tends to be what comes easy and not what is healthy and takes some time to prepare.  Ease over effort is my drift.  As it pertains to physical health, "netflix and chill" is the path of least resistance and my drift as oppose to getting up, putting on the shoes and taking that walk or going to that gym or taking some time on the treadmill.  Drift is easy.  Drift is not healthy.  So what do we do?  Not to sounds like a broken record, but we must "do something".  

Seriously... Do something.. 

Don't allow the drift to take over... it's easy and it will creep in should you let it.. heck you don't even have to let it.. Just do nothing.  

Case and point, I want to write and I talked about writing and then I stopped writing.  I want to continue in my fitness journey that I was extremely successful with last summer and I drift into old habits or toward the ease of no habits.  

So here's my encouragement for you and challenge for me as I clearly need the push and then the push and then the push.  

Keep doing something.  It doesn't have to be the end result.  In fact, it shouldn't be all the way to the end.  Do something that sets you up to do the next bite size thing that leads eventually toward the end goal.  Crock pot instead of microwave.. 

You got this.  We got this.  Seriously, just do something.  

Grace and love. 

-S-