Once I......

Recently I took a break from the gym.

You know the kind. Work gets a bit busier. My seminar leading schedule increased. I promised myself I would go in the morning. Then I promised myself I would go in the afternoon. Then I felt like a wine instead. Friends wanted to catch up for dinner "Sure I am in". One thing lead to another.

I stopped going to the gym.

Then I gained a few kilo's. Nothing that serious, but a few kilo's nonetheless. My wardrobe of size 10 designer clothes started feeling snugger, so I started moving into my backup wardrobe of more comfortable size 12's. Not a problem, I will lose it I thought.

Then I started thinking (in my head of course) "Once I......LOSE WEIGHT.....I will go BACK to the gym....". Like in my head, I was seriously thinking that I would lose weight (somehow) before I stepped back into that gym again. I was fearing the people AT THE GYM seeing me with a few extra kilo's and was ashamed of that. So I didn't go.

Last week I went to an Entrepreneur's day, and one of the speakers was seriously overweight. I was actually concerned for his health whilst watching him on stage. And I really got that sometimes, when we put our health way down the priority list, that things can kinda spiral out of control. Before we know it. A myriad of conscious and sub-consious behaviours and actions that has us not win. And I could not imagine that for myself.

I am a health conscious person who does love exercise and I really get how important our health is.

But it gets worse then that. Not only was I slipping with my prioritisation of my health & exercise. But I distinguished, for the first time in 20 years, how much I procrastinate. I sit on the fence of decisions and fear which path to take. It is actually quite miraculous to realise this. My Dad is kinda of the same as well.

So 2 weeks ago, I (FINALLY) stepped back into the gym. And it felt amazing having done that. And I really got present to the fact that I was waiting for "Someday" until I went back to the gym.

So here's what I am committed to. I am committed to dropping the "Once I......" type of thinking from my thoughts. This is idealistic unrealistic thinking that has me never achieve any of my goals. Someday is not someday. Someday is TODAY.

Today I will go to the gym and do at least 30 minutes of exercise. And I will LOVE every minute of it. Today I will take action on all the projects I am in the middle of. And I will intentionally complete all the things on my to do list. Today I will spend time in my favourite book and really read it. Today I will ring a friend and see how they are going.

So tell me, am I the only one who thinks this way? Does anyone else suffer from the "Someday" (Somehow) thinking?

Sharnee

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Sharnee Bennett is the creator of Turning Followers Into Clients and in 2015 has built an online following of 17,897 from Facebook & LinkedIn without paid advertising.  Using her methods, coaches, experts, thought-leaders, and service professionals attract the perfect clients, at the perfect price, anytime they want. To learn more, visit her free webinar.