I don’t enjoy making commitments. I mean, I do make them when I absolutely have to. But generally I do not like the idea of “committing yourself” to something. Anything really. Not a promise to do something “as from tomorrow”, neither stop doing something “as from today”. This is not because I’m overcautious or have little faith that I can follow up whatever I decide to do. It is also not because I like to “play it safe”, just in case. But in my personal experience as soon as I define my intentions as commitment they stop motivate me. Where is excitement in expectations? Where is a thrill in a routine we have to establish in order to achieve something, “slowly, but surely”? What could possibly attract in knowing the results you’ll get before getting them?
I like surprises. I live for them. It does not have to be something I stumbled on “by chance”. It is more about doing something that I won’t expect me to do usually. Me surprising Me. As we are living our life we build our awareness of what our abilities are, what we can do and what we cannot base on whatever experiences we gained from one or another situation. And it is so easy to get caught by limitations imposed on us by a single unsuccessful attempt. We use them as an excuse for many next ones. I cannot possibly…How can I ever…I never was able…I have always been that way…it never works…
To me this is a trigger. A challenge to say no, I would never…and then suddenly…wow, I did it! I do like to prove me wrong…in my abilities, that is.
This actually fits very nicely with my recently acquired new attitude about plans. I simply stopped making them. Where never possible, of course. If I don’t know what I am going to do tomorrow morning, then whatever it might be, will be a surprise to me, right? A little self-lie to boost self-confidence in an instant.
So that was partially the reason why last Monday I found myself gradually awakening in a…swimming pool…as so I did this morning too. Gee, I would never thought I can get up so indecently early and go for a swim before my work. The best thing about it, it is not a commitment I made for workout solution on my way to the healthier lifestyle. It was a thought “on a whim of a moment”, like although it is a good idea to go swimming before the work, but it is definitely not for me, as in the mornings I am not sensibly alive until my first cup of coffee…But exactly because this was not as if me saying right, from today I’m going to do morning swimming twice a week. That would prompt me to look for excuses not to do it straight away. But I said to myself I wonder how it feels like if…and discovered that it feels great. Not in a sense of feeling physically alert and active, but more of that “feel good about yourself “feeling. I did it and was amused that I did so that every time I think of it, I smile. I don’t have to know for how long I might be able to do this before it will turn into routine and this will kill the wonder. But when it will come to it, I’ll just find another something. Do it while it feels good and when it doesn’t feel good anymore, do something else (Thanks, Richard Bandler for validating my attitude!)
In daily messages of inspiration by Ralph Marston he said: Don't sit around waiting for enough energy to get going. Get yourself moving and you'll create the energy necessary to keep you in motion… The only thing you need to take the first step is your decision to do it. Take that first step and put momentum solidly on your side.
I’ve tested it. It works.
I like surprises. I live for them. It does not have to be something I stumbled on “by chance”. It is more about doing something that I won’t expect me to do usually. Me surprising Me. As we are living our life we build our awareness of what our abilities are, what we can do and what we cannot base on whatever experiences we gained from one or another situation. And it is so easy to get caught by limitations imposed on us by a single unsuccessful attempt. We use them as an excuse for many next ones. I cannot possibly…How can I ever…I never was able…I have always been that way…it never works…
To me this is a trigger. A challenge to say no, I would never…and then suddenly…wow, I did it! I do like to prove me wrong…in my abilities, that is.
This actually fits very nicely with my recently acquired new attitude about plans. I simply stopped making them. Where never possible, of course. If I don’t know what I am going to do tomorrow morning, then whatever it might be, will be a surprise to me, right? A little self-lie to boost self-confidence in an instant.
So that was partially the reason why last Monday I found myself gradually awakening in a…swimming pool…as so I did this morning too. Gee, I would never thought I can get up so indecently early and go for a swim before my work. The best thing about it, it is not a commitment I made for workout solution on my way to the healthier lifestyle. It was a thought “on a whim of a moment”, like although it is a good idea to go swimming before the work, but it is definitely not for me, as in the mornings I am not sensibly alive until my first cup of coffee…But exactly because this was not as if me saying right, from today I’m going to do morning swimming twice a week. That would prompt me to look for excuses not to do it straight away. But I said to myself I wonder how it feels like if…and discovered that it feels great. Not in a sense of feeling physically alert and active, but more of that “feel good about yourself “feeling. I did it and was amused that I did so that every time I think of it, I smile. I don’t have to know for how long I might be able to do this before it will turn into routine and this will kill the wonder. But when it will come to it, I’ll just find another something. Do it while it feels good and when it doesn’t feel good anymore, do something else (Thanks, Richard Bandler for validating my attitude!)
In daily messages of inspiration by Ralph Marston he said: Don't sit around waiting for enough energy to get going. Get yourself moving and you'll create the energy necessary to keep you in motion… The only thing you need to take the first step is your decision to do it. Take that first step and put momentum solidly on your side.
I’ve tested it. It works.