Intro
You know I’ll never do that again. I’ll never eat that again, or I’ll never drink that again. Or I’ll never do that activity again. Or I’m gonna do this every single day from now on.
Revolutions are bloody. They’re hurtful. They’re damaging and traumatic. You don’t need a revolution in your life.
The Truth About Changing Your Life
A mere 6 months ago, I was still bedridden. I made a decision to change but all I could do at the time was stretch in bed. Today, my yoga routine mostly consists of me standing. In retrospect, my improvements seem whiplash-fast, but during the process, it felt anything but quick.
The changes in nutrition & exercise felt so minimal at the time I was making them, but those little habits compound over time, and the consistency pays off big time.
Instead of fast food breakfast, and lunch, and dinner…I’m preparing my lean meats, fruits and veggies at home these days.
A few years ago, I would’ve cringed at that idea, but I’ve been slowly evolving and now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’ll stick with my eggs, turkey bacon & protein coffee, thank you.
Alright, so I use this Ryse protein powder. I make fresh coffee, then I put this powder in the coffee.
Lid on. Now listen. Lid’s sealed, now listen to this. Ohhh! It’s a relief valve.
It only happens on the first time. But when that fresh coffee and protein powder combine, it’s explosive. But it tastes fantastic and I get my protein powder in.
Small Changes – Big Results
I was just contemplating the last few months of my transition from being bedridden. I could do yoga movements stretching in the bed to eventually being able to sit in a chair and do some stretching exercises.
About that time is when I transitioned to a walker and put all my weight on that thing and push it around. That’s how I could move around. And now I’ve transitioned to using a cane to walk around. I don’t use a walker anymore now. And most of my morning yoga routine is done standing. I still have the chair to assist me when my legs are just too tired to hold me up anymore. Most of its standing now. I do a lot more walking.
All of those transitions – from the bed to the walker to the cane – and from the bed to the chair to standing – have just been the product of incremental small changes in my life.
You Don’t Need A Revolution
In the past I’ve had a tendency to wanna just make revolutionary changes. I see something that needs to happen. Change, you know. Get frustrated with my life, the way it is, and I wanna change something. You know I’ll never do that again. I’ll never eat that again, or I’ll never drink that again. Or I’ll never do that activity again. Or I’m gonna do this every single day from now on. And just HUGE waves of change. It just never lasted you know.
I’d try and do it, maybe a day or two, and then it was too much. Cause it wasn’t a part of my habits that I’d built. And what I’ve learned in the last year really is it’s easier to make the changes one little incremental step at a time.
You know, instead of I’m gonna eat healthy from here on out. I’m not gonna eat any more junk food or anything like that. It’s easier to just start adding some healthy foods to your normal routine. You know, keep eating the cookies and the donuts, if that’s the way you eat all the time, you know. You’ll eventually get there.
You’ll be able to cut those things out. You just add that good stuff in and then before you know it, just a little bit at a time, you just squeeze that other stuff out of your life.
You start eating more salads. You add a salad to your meal, and add some fruit to your daily routine. You just make those little adjustments…one step at a time.
And that ends up going further in the long run. That ends up being a solid change because it becomes a part of your daily habit. And it’s just a part of who you are now. And you just make little tweaks as you go along and you know, today I’m not gonna walk 500 more steps today than yesterday. I’m gonna walk 20 more steps today than I did yesterday. Or 10 or 5, or however many. However small that incremental step is, it’s progress. And you just do that slowly over time, it’ll actually produce change in your life.
Revolutions are bloody. They’re hurtful. They’re damaging and traumatic. You don’t need a revolution in your life. You need one small step at a time because that consistent progression is the key. That’s what makes the difference.
Hope that helps somebody.
