that used to be me until I changed my life with consistency and today I'm going to show you
how you can too so that you can build your dream life whatever that looks like for you
the first lesson I learned about consistency is that you can't rely on always feeling good
and motivated to get things done no matter who you are or how much you want to achieve
your goals there's always going to be days where you just don't want to do anything
but if you want to be consistent you have to find a way to build your habits even
on days where you'd love nothing more than to lie in bed no matter what our goals are
our growth depends on us doing things that are difficult because we know they're good
for us whether or not we always want to do them
good morning everyone
it looks like a mess right now
choosing to go for a run when you're tired or going to bed early even though you'd rather be
on Netflix is how we develop the perseverance and discipline needed to be successful and
that's the key relying on discipline instead of motivation which we don't always have that's
how I've managed to stay consistent with my own habits most of the time like working out eating
well skin care journaling and overall being productive it didn't happen overnight but by
making it a priority to stick to my habits even when I had no motivation at all all
of these habits have become an essential part of the daily routine that I live by
next is the importance of trusting in the process which means knowing that as long as
you're doing the right things for you results will come it's really important to remember
this because a lot of the time progress isn't visible right away it can take a long time for
your skin to look the way that it wants to for example even though you're doing skincare every
morning and night time and it's not just skin care a lot of things are good for our mental
health too like journaling or mindfulness which can take some time before you really
start to feel a difference from day to day this is especially true when you're
just starting to do these things and still getting used to changes in your routine so
learning to trust in the process and also trust in yourself is really important so
we don't rely on the gratification that we get from making progress to stay consistent
alright, I am going to work a bit before I take a break and eat some breakfast and do a
little bit of journaling but I am going to be on my grind right now
breakfast time
but this doesn't mean that consistency has to
be boring or uninspiring sometimes I find what helps me is to tell myself that just
by doing what I said I would do today whether it's eating healthy or going to bed on time
I've made progress on myself that I should be proud of even if I feel like I had an overall
bad day I know that I did something that was good for me which is enough to feel
like I made some progress to be proud of just the feeling of knowing you're being
consistent and working towards your goals can be motivating which is why it's so important
to focus on the journey one day at a time while being kind to ourselves along the way
one of the most underrated aspects of consistency is how we respond when things
go wrong a lot of the time when we have a bad day and forget about our habits we feel like we failed
especially if we're on a long streak it can feel like all the work we put in was for nothing which
makes it easier to lose our motivation and start giving up on ourselves but that's when we have
to remember that a bad day is not a failure bad days and broken streaks are part of every Journey
towards consistency and healthy habits no matter who you are and how much discipline you have the
important thing is not that you miss a day but rather how you respond to it afterwards you don't
have any control over the past but you can control whether you let go of what already happens and
move on to the next day instead of being overly self-critical and dwelling on your mistakes
all right so the year work day is about done it's like 5:30 right now and I finished everything
I had to do today we're gonna head to soccer in about an hour but right now we're gonna go on
a little bit of a walk it's because we're gonna go buy my friend a cheesecake for his birthday
the most important question to ask yourself is what can I do today to work towards
my goals and grow into the version of myself that I actually want to become
if you're struggling to be consistent it can also be helpful to reflect on the reasons why you're
having trouble sticking to your goals something I used to do a lot was to try to do everything
all at once and even though it felt good to set all these goals and be really ambitious
it actually prevented me from really focusing on any one of them in particular when you try
to do too much the end result is usually that you end up doing nothing at all it's just too
easy to feel overwhelmed when every day you wake up with a list of 10 things you've told yourself
you have to do so if you're starting out trying to build healthy habits for the first time just focus
on one or two things to begin with that are both relatively simple and really impactful in my case
the first things I prioritize were proper sleep and good nutrition but you can choose whatever
you think will be easiest to be consistent with because once you've developed consistent see in
one aspect of your life it becomes a lot easier to be consistent in other ways too
no matter what the most important thing is to always keep believing
in yourself every single one of us is capable of so much more than we
believe and the only way we can know our limits is by trying to reach them
something I realized was that we shouldn't let the fear of failure stand in the way of
achieving our goals because while we'll always get over embarrassment we'll always regret not doing
everything in our power to become the best version of ourselves to make our Dream Life a reality
no matter what we want out of life the
best investment we can make will always be the investment we make in ourselves