This is a phrase I just read on Christine Kane's blog this morning and I LIKE IT! Have you ever found yourself putting off the actual doing of something so you could wonder about it? Doing it in your head so you could think out the pitfalls of the project...and then calling a friend to see what their take on the idea is...and then doing a quick Google search to see if there is relevant information out there about the project...and then guess what??? By the time you do all that, you have lost interesting in the actually doing...or you have just talked yourself out of it. Bummer!!
Weight management and cultivating mindfulness are both prone to Procrastination-by-Inquiry. You do the research and read the blog but you never quite make it happen.
I am a firm believer in visualization. One of the exercises I ask clients to do is figure out how their life would be different if they lost the weight -- and then create a mental image around that difference. Visualizing that life is a good exercise but not at the expense of living the behavior change IN REAL TIME.
Practice makes perfect. You are going to screw up with anything new you try. If you aren't screwing up, you are only doing what you're already good at -- not developing new skills and pushing yourself.
There is NO substitute for the Doing! Don't put mindfulness off for another minute just because you are trying to align the planets for your perfect success -- it won't happen. Push up your sleeves and get to work!
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