Self Talk

I have learnt over the past few years that I can talk myself into or out of anything.

Most of my large purchases have been as a result of me craving something. By craving I mean obsessing over it, researching it to the hilt and scheming over how I can afford it. Quite often this process can be over a long period of time and sometimes quite short.

I have only really regretted once, my impulse decisions over a purchase that I was too obsessed over to contemplate whether i really needed it RIGHT NOW.

Lately however my self talk has been how I can myself into eating junk food and out of going to my gym. It is absolutely amazing on the 40 minute drive home how I can convince myself that driving past the gym is a good thing and turning into the local junk food store is the BEST thing. It got so bad at one point that I had to make sure that I had healthy microwave meals at home that would take the same time as going through the drive through so that I could convince myself to skip the junk food. I also quite often have to make sure i am locked into a route home that doesn't pass the shops so that I am not tempted.

Learning how to combat my sheer willpower to eat badly is a challenge.

Have you managed to talk yourself into an expensive purchase of something that you don't need? How do you trick yourself into doing something good ie going to the gym?

Visions and Goals

It all seems so hard when you leave school.  You barely can focus on what is happening next month let alone what career that you might have in the future.

Some of us are really lucky and have have a firm idea of what they want to achieve at an early age.  Some know what they want, but reality sometimes catches up and they realise that they are not talented enough or not intelligent enough to achieve their dreams.  This dose of reality can be a shock, however if you have a vision of your future and the ability to set and reset goals, much angst can be alieviated.

One of the skills which I wish I had learnt properly before I left school is the ability to set a vision of my future, create goals from that vision, but know when and how to reset that vision if needed.  Everytime I have actually sat down and done this, I have achieved so much, I have had to learn to make this a habit and schedule it into my life, so as to keep the mommentum going.

There are many ways to do this, some of which I will explore in this blog and which will also reflect my journey along this path.