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Don’t Quit Just Because It’s The Easier Option. Give Consistency Time To Shine.
“The difference between those who reach their goals and those who don’t is one thing — consistency.” — Stephen Moore
It’s day seven of my “new life” and I already want to quit.
There is nothing easy about this. Everything in me is fighting to give up trying to make this change and just go back to bed. Accept defeat.
Why do I need to do this anyway? What’s the point?
The alarm clock started blaring at 5am again, and I could feel my old patterns trying to take back control.
As soon as my eyes opened, the voice was there. Just go back to sleep, it whispered in the dark. You’ll have time to do everything you want later today. There’s plenty of time.
If it wasn’t for the fact that my alarm clock strategically sits across the room, I may have hit the snooze button unconsciously and drifted back to sleep in an instant. But for now, I was up, fumbling in the dark to find the “Off” button.
Ah! — silence at last.
I felt groggy, my eyes heavy, eyelids struggling to stay open. I rubbed them, trying to coax them into focusing, but they kept falling shut.
