The only obstacle keeping me from making my life better is me. I have this handwritten sign on my refrigerator and computer that says “Today I will make my life better” I’d hope that writing it myself would subconsciously motivate me more.
Sometimes it works, I’ll stick to my my diet and exercise, go to bed at a reasonable time every night. Then I break the streak by sitting on the couch, eating every 30 minutes while watching TV till 1 A.M. Recently I changed my weekly habit list and gave myself Saturday to do anything I wanted. Having a day of complete freedom from the list has helped on occasion.
Another thing I do is complain about a circumstance but do nothing to change it. A perfect example is the neighbor’s child who’ll cry for 45 minutes. Do I ask the mother if should could quiet the child? Do I leave my apartment and go somewhere quiet? Do I put on headphones to drown them out? None of those, I’ll continue to sit and listen the entire time while complaining to myself.
I get tired of listening to myself complain, but that’s as far as I take it. I wish I had a house in Pleasantville or Valhalla, with the woods behind it. If wishes were mushrooms, I’d be eating portabella burgers every night.
I read a book on overcoming the fear of success, perhaps I need to re-read and keep reading it.
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