Avoid this mindset trap in order to take clearer action

Have you ever started planning out your future, only to think about how you’ve handled related tasks in your past?

An example.

You’re a student going into the spring semester and you’re planning ways that you can stay engaged with your school work and studying to ensure you get a desirable GPA. As you start listing out the ways you’re going to achieve this for the upcoming semester, you start to think about why you didn’t execute on these strategies in the fall...you were going to go to the library in the evenings, but joined an intramural soccer team instead...after all, that is good for your health. That study group that met every Thursday afternoon was a great concept, but your new friends were off from class at that same time so you went to the student center with them, because after all, social interactions are important.

ArticlesCasey LeeOctober 14, 2021action, self talk, taking action, fitness goals, fitness questions, nutrition goals, nutrition coaching, fitness coachingComment

Create and take action. Even if you have to convince yourself...

As I write this I’m currently six hours past my self imposed deadline of sending this newsletter by 11am. Normally I have this sucker written at some point through the week when the idea comes to fruition, but as life often hands you lemons, this week is far from normal.

As I realized I was past due, my first thought was that I’ve built enough rapport to skip a week.

“Ah, Casey, you’ll catch ‘em next week”.

Had I followed that thought, I know that tomorrow morning I would greet myself with thoughts of disappointment.

ArticlesCasey LeeMay 17, 2021taking action, creating action, self talk, positive self talk, mental skills coaching, purposeful strength newsletter, fitness coachingComment