I jumped right into the shower as soon as I got home from work tonight. I started remembering how after school and working out I used to get home at 6 pm and do the same thing when we lived on Darlene Drive in New York. My husband and his mom would always have to wait dinner for me because I just couldn’t sit down to eat with what I called “the dirt of the day” on me.
Tonight that scenario was all too familiar. I work and work out and get home about the same time and run right into that shower. How quickly we resume a habit when thrust back into a situation. It makes me think about what we need to do when trying to change a habit of some sort. The first step is to make the decision to change a behavior, but you may have to modify the setting to achieve success. Also, let’s not forget it takes at least forty days to absorb a change.
I’m changing my workouts to include five cardio a week instead if just three. It’s been about a month and I’m just beginning to have it feel like a natural part of my week. Of course, working where you work out helped – once again I’m experiencing success by changing the setting.
Is there something that you’ve been meaning to change in your life? How would changing the setting help you achieve success?
And so, as another day goes by, another week closes, I love Friday nights, and…I have written.
(I know…I found this quote in the summer while teaching my young authors workshop and the kids and I laughed so hard – but it’s so true!)
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