Commitment

Committing should be the first step in anything you’re trying to do for yourself. Whether that be losing weight, changing your mindset, or chasing a goal. Getting your mind around commitment is harder than the actual task at hand. The problem that we face is the small voice in our heads that tells us we aren’t capable of doing it or that tells us to put it on hold. I think it’s safe to say that many of us run away from commitment because it would mean that we would have to actually stick with a task for a period of time and see whatever it is we are doing through to the finish line. Throughout that time there will be ups and downs and you will get discouraged but at the end you’ll be able to say that you committed and conquered. Once you make your mind up to actually committing to something doing it becomes like clock work, for instance; every morning most of us wake up and check our social media, that’s something we have committed to doing everyday so it became normal to us, our minds are already wired to check them so technically we don’t have to use any mental strength to tell ourselves to do so. That’s what I mean by clock work, our brains adapt to what we continuously do. If we continuously second guess ourselves we will never be able to commit to anything we try to do. We all can say we want to do something or change something about ourselves but if we can’t commit it just becomes an idea. If someone were to tell you they were going to do something several times and never follow through you would make that person out to be unreliable or a liar. We must look at ourselves in the same light, treat yourself how you want to be treated, if we make up our minds to do something for ourselves we have to follow through as well. Your word is like bond and if you cannot commit to yourself how will you be able to commit to anyone or anything else.