A ‘friend’ of mine recently posted this on Facebook. (The quotes around friend are merely to indicate that I know this person but we are not best buds.) She just started a new workout regime and she was calling the day of her first workout ‘the day that changed her life’. I honestly couldn’t be happier for her. I hope she succeeds and I hope I do too. But the post got me thinking about change.
For me, wanting to change was never the problem. I wake up every day wanting to change. Not one day in the last twenty odd years have I ever felt like “I’m good here just as I am.” I long for that day friends because frankly I’m exhausted.
I’m exhausted because the hard truth is that change equals work. And there is no finish line because I will never be changed. I must keep changing. Writing down my ridiculous goal was the easy part. Saying no to the Butterfinger Blast at Sonic three times a week is hard. (Why is that place located on every route I drive!?) Going to exercise when I am so sore from the last session that I can barely drive is hard. Living this goal even when no one is looking is hard. In fact it’s probably the hardest part.
Change is not one decision made.
Every day is the day that changes my life.
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