Aug '24 • General discussion
Procrastination and Discipline
While these two are different, they often go hand in hand.
So why am I talking about them in a health and wellness group?
Often I come across, for myself and clients, that making healthy lifestyle practices and behaviors a part of our everyday "rituals" is we lack discipline and/or we are expert procrastinators.
PROCRASTIONATION: n- "The action of delaying or postponing something."
Keeping the above definition in mind, it would appear that the intention and desire is there, but the act of following through is where the ball is dropped. But why?
DISCIPLINE: n- "Activity or experience that provides mental or physical training; A system of rules of conduct" v- "Punish or rebuke (someone) formally for an offense"; "Train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way"
WOW...... discipline on the other hand seems to have several different definitions, and is considered both a noun and a verb. Is that possibly why we might "lack" discipline as adults? Especially the parts of us that don't feel we should have to operate by a standard of rules and certainly have no desire to "obey" anything or anyone. That's my case. I've been a rebel all my life. Always questioning "rules" and requiring good rational before I would "obey" or "comply" with them.
However, the definition of discipline that states ACTIVITY or EXPERIENCE that provides TRAINING and doing so in a CONTROLLED and HABITUAL way, doesn't sound so bad. Especially if I get to make the conscious decision that I want to do something. Like perform strength training or get my heart rate up. Like go to sleep at a time that allows me to get enough rest for the next day, and even choosing to fast or eat nutritious meals.
So hopefully coming full circle now, when it comes to practicing healthy lifestyle behaviors consistently in a controlled and habitual way can help decrease our procrastination on doing those things that haven't been instilled in us as second nature.
When it comes to your desire and intention around improving your health and wellness, please be sure to keep in mind that we (me) may have some real mental and emotional barriers to overcoming things such as procrastination and discipline. I will never call someone lazy or assume that they dont really want to do something because what they say is different than what they do. I know there are other reasons, and I CAN'T WAIT, to talk more about RESISTANCE and other great subjects that absolutely need to be tackled first before we can expect ourselves to be "successful" in LIVING a healthy lifestyle.
This thing right here is NOT EASY, but it is WORTH IT, and SO ARE YOU!!!
Keep coming back and together we can make your desires of living a healthy life a dream come true.
💖-LE
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