Incremental Changes
In a recent documentary about the sports mindset, they talked about how small incremental increases, in the aggregate, would lead to a win. This applies in every aspect of your life, too!
Let’s say that a top priority for you is to improve your health. Do one thing, no matter how small, every day. The trick is to not drop the thing you did the day prior, but instead build on that. Eventually your actions become habits and you no longer have to consciously think about doing them.
Join us in becoming healthier, each week we will implement a new change and explain why. You can follow along by signing up for the weekly newsletter or joining our Facebook group.
Week 1 – Drink 1 full glass of water in the mornings.
Week 2 – And start taking a multivitamin.
Week 3 – And park at the furthest parking spot at work every day.
Week 4 – And eat a whole piece of fruit as a snack daily.
Week 5 – And schedule (or go to) an appointment daily: doctor, dentist, ob-gyn, urologist, optometrist, specialist, self-care (masseuse, hair, facial, nails, acupuncture, etc.)
Week 6 – And chew food slowly.
Week 7 – And take the dogs for a walk every day.
Week 8 – And have a conversation with 1 different person daily.
Week 9 – And focus on washing hands before every meal, at every bathroom break, and after touching dirty surfaces.
Week 10 – And measure your creamer in your coffee.
Week 11 – And eat non-fried fish every week on Friday.
Week12 – And get up for every commercial break and do something.
Week 13 – And carry your small packages instead of asking for help or carting them.
Week 14 – And add 1 thing green to your diet everyday (not sweets).
Week 15 – And write down your new habits daily.
Week 16 – And go to bed at the same time for 7-9 hours of sleep daily.
Week 17 – And instead of 12 reps, do 15 reps.
Week 18 – And set a timer for 5 minutes at 3pm focusing on deep breaths and re-centering yourself.
Week 19 – And extend your walk with the dogs for a 1 mile loop daily.
Week 20 – And cut soda out of the diet.
Week 21 – And add 1 red thing every day to your diet (not meat or candy).
If you added in a small change every day, see how much you would have changed? Imagine if you continued on for a year? Imagine if this extended to your workouts too!
Come up with your own, and build your own mountain of change!
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