Small Steps Create Big Shifts

Lifestyle is not easy to change. So let’s start with one small step. Not big ones. Find one thing that you know you want to work on and break it down into even smaller steps. Set up a visual to remind you every day.

Do not try to change everything all at once! If you are really determined to make a change, I recommend you do two things.

One: Tell a trusted friend who will help hold you accountable. Check in with them regularly.

Two: Track your progress. I know, I know. So many people hate to keep a journal, or document things in one way or another, myself included.

If you are really determined, you have to find a way to allow yourself to process that step that you are taking and find successes. Even the tiny ones. This helps you see the progress that you are making.

Again a reminder, doing too many things at once (I’m preaching to myself here too) can cause you to fail on several things at once. So find that baby step. Take it. Offer yourself praise and not punishment. If you have to start all over again, that is okay. Who cares? We are now able to see that starting over is not the end of the world. We are Superagers. We have experience in this world now that we didn’t have before. We don’t get wrapped up in what others think about us and our personal failures, because we know things pass and move on. So, take that experience and apply it to building your new healthy habit with a calm knowing you can do it, whatever it may be, you can do this.