It’s been 9 days since I started intermittent fasting. It hasn’t been easy. I know that I have a long way to go to make this a permanent habit.
Having said that, I’ve begun to ask myself ‘What else can I do that is hard?’.
It’s been a rough year and a half. Some things have happened that have really beat me down. Many/most days I’ve felt like I’m just hanging on. Is this really the time to be doing even more things that are hard?
Unfortunately it doesn’t look like the tough times are going away any time soon. Life is not waiting around for me. I don’t know how many days I have left on this planet. None of us do. Yes, it’s really hard right now. Yes it’s really freaking challenging. But if I don’t find a way to embrace both my current challenges and the challenges of taking myself to a higher level in the face of my current challenges, then when will I do so?
Yes, things suck right now, but if I’m honest was I fully embracing doing the hard things when things didn’t suck? There will be good times and there will be bad times. Those states ebb and flow. In order to be successful, doing things that are hard has to become a part of you. It has to become something that you do no matter what else is going on in your life. Doing things that are hard can’t be a fair weather thing.
What is the next hard thing that I need to do to move forward?