Slipping on your goals? Try this mental re-frame

I started this year with a bang – meditating, working out, and expanding my mind and self-beliefs daily. (Actually, I started last year, because once you make a decision to BE something, you just do it right then).

I was feeling great. Better than ever.

But then…

I slept in late. My schedule went sideways. We kicked off Live Your Truth and I didn’t work out until after our evening call.

The next day, I could barely keep my eyes open and slept much of the day.

Eek!! My perfectly planned schedule of self-actualization was slipping through my fingers!

Cue the self-destructive thoughts (have you had these too??):

“You’ll never be enough”
“You don’t have what it takes to follow through”
“You might as well quit and eat this entire fatty/sugary mess of food…”

Um, no.

Course correct – I’m more committed than ever.

Because skipping a day or doubting yourself aren't the REAL reasons you don’t reach your goals or follow through on your plans...

➡️  It’s making those events mean something other than what they are: an opportunity to recommit to yourself and your desire. ⬅️

In Zen Buhhism, the concept is called joriki -- the muscle & strength you build when you continually bring your awareness back to the breath after it wanders.

Because it’s going to wander!

You’re going to have ‘bad’ days, distractions, interruptions, and plans that go haywire. That's life.

Despite what you've been taught, success is not about perfectly achieving your desire or checking the box every day and marveling at your perfect progress.

• It’s about doing the thing after fighting with your resistance all.day.long.
• It’s about marveling at your progress because you kept at it, even when you didn’t feel like it.

It’s about who you BECOME in the process, not what you get at the end of it.

Growth is not linear.

You WILL waiver and wander.

But wandering and returning with more strength and commitment is the POINT. That's how you empower yourself through every experience, not just the 'good' ones.

So be gentle on yourself for going through the natural pattern of growing.

Notice when you’re off and come back to your chosen focus.

Joriki.

You build strength by continually coming back; not by never wandering in the first place.

Be free. Be brave. Be YOU!

In love,
Alexis