This morning I wanted to check in on you to see how your relationship is doing?
Are you committed, or are things always off and on?
Do you feel resentment at times?
Do you question if it’s worth it at times?
Is struggling with work and life balance getting in the way?
Are financial troubles leading to emotional and reactionary responses to adversity?
Is it a continuous battle of wondering what’s for dinner?
Now while all of these questions could relate to your relationship with a spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend, what I am actually talking about is your relationship with yourself!
Are you committed to being happy? Do your actions reflect it?
Are you committed to being healthy? Do your actions reflect it?
Do you get discouraged in yourself and self-sabotage by binge eating or quitting your workouts?
Chances are you probably do the same thing with your friendships and other relationships.
Because if you do not feel that you are worthy of receiving consistent and deliberate attention from yourself, how could you expect the same from someone else?
That’s why when work gets busy, money gets tight and results don’t come quick enough the first thing you do is turn your back on yourself.
As Tony Robbins says, “you get out of life what you tolerate.”
Stop tolerating failure, stop tolerating half committed relationships, stop tolerating excuses.
You deserve more, but the only way you’re going to get it is if you expect more!
You have to love and appreciate yourself before you can truly commit time and attention to yourself…even when times get tough, work gets hard or money runs out.
Unfortunately though, it’s not just going to happen on its own.
Sometimes you need to just commit the time and attention to yourself and let momentum takeover to prove to yourself it’s possible.
Hold yourself accountable for a 10, 20 or 30 day time period to (pick only 2 or 3):
✔️ Stretch for 5 minutes nightly before bed
✔️ Pack meals and workout clothes nightly before bed
✔️ Go directly to gym after work before going home
✔️ 5 sets of 10 squats and 20 crunches before coffee every morning
✔️ Walk the dog after dinner every night
There’s so many different things so you could choose, that will not rob or interfere with your current schedule more than a couple of minutes, that when repeated daily can add up to huge results!
But again, it’s not just going to happen…
So the first step is to grab your cell phone and open up your calendar, set a daily alarm to do the activities that you just chose above.
The second step is to give your alarm a name that will motivate you every time you see it. For instance mine says “KICK ASS You Little B:tch!” Yours could be more or less profane or motivating, whatever works for you!
The third step is to give your alarm and annoying or motivating ringtone to get your attention.
The fourth step is to give it a different color so it stands out in your calendar. Choose red or your favorite color. Red is a power of color and also subliminally known as the color to make you stop (and hopefully not schedule anything that will interfere with this).
The last step is to schedule this ongoing in your calendar and definitely. Look ahead to days that you know you might be in a different place or different situation than usual, and schedule that date or day of the week appropriately.
Now before you get confused or distracted by any other information, go do it!
Committed to your fitness success,
D
