creating change in my life is not a simple endeavor. it can be very easy to decide to change, and it is not difficult to desire something different, or to visualize myself in another situation. i can even go so far as to make plans on how to get to that place of change. this is not complicated. i.e.- i want to bulk up in my chest and pecs. i will start to go to the gym a little extra time and spend that time concentrating my energy on building those body parts. i can picture my arms with bigger guns (or grown up puppies as it were) and with my long ignored almost man-boobs having shrunk and firmed up so tight that i can bounce a quarter off them.
all this is easy. and it's fun, imagining this change in my life. and i have imgagined change just like this on many occasions in many different areas of my life. the difficulty for me is taking the steps to make that change plan work. getting up earlier every day and actually spending that time concentrating on those body parts. doing the time at the gym and working those muscles. tracking my growth so that i not only imagine the change and the growth, but documenting it so i have proof and i have extra incentive. and if i get to the space i want to be with my body, then diligently keeping up the work that it took to get me there.
this is the difficult part of change. action stage and maintenance stage in the stages of change model. taking the steps, doing the work, and continuing to do the work to maintain the benefits. it has to become part of my life if i want it to stay.
the beauty of this to me is that i can begin this at any stage of my life. and i can use this model for change in almost every aspect of my life. including the way i think about and treat myself. i am soooooo thankful for the insight this little model gives me. thankful too, that i get a chance to attempt to be a better person.
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