I don’t know about you, but today has been meh. I’d planned to get up early and spend the morning writing then hit the gym. Yet here it is half past noon and am only now putting words to the page.
I generally stick to my schedule, but whenever my routine changes or I’m about to do something out of my comfort range I found little ways to sabotage myself. Be it not going to bed on time or sleeping in I find some excuse not to do whatever the new thing is.
About five months ago I joined a gym a few blocks from my house, went there for a while then stopped. After gaining a ton of weight I started working out at home on my old bow flex, always with the prevision that next week I’d go to the gym but next week never came.
Part of the reason is I tense up in social situations and rather be alone most of the time. The other issue is I’m afraid I’ll get addicted to exercising like I have in the past and hurt myself.
A theme for me for the past few weeks has been issuing challenges to myself to come out of my comfort zone and participate more.Rather than worry about what ifs, I’ll deal with reality and go from there. To prevent self sabotage I can go late at night or early in the morning since my gym is open 24 hours. And on those days I don’t feel like working out I’ll get a light one at home.
The point is to stop avoiding the little things like doing the dishes, laundry etc and build positive momentum so that when I go out and do new things it’s just the next progression in a long line of baby steps.
So what things have you’ve been putting off, but are willing to challenge yourself to do today?