The thought of changing behaviors that have become part of your every-day life is daunting. You may have almost found a work-life balance, but squeezing in healthy behaviors seems a long way off. It’s like studying for an exam or starting a new job, you can’t learn it all at once.

Breaking Down Behavioral

Change for a New You

Changing behavior is hard.

Change takes A LOT of effort.

It requires priority, focus and also, failure. And no I’m not just saying that to make you feel better.

Failing to change is such a healthy and important part of the process of change. Did you know that?

Failure is required to succeed. It helps you understand what doesn’t work and leads you towards what does. Oftentimes even if you WANT to change, you might find yourself unsure where to begin, feeling stuck.

And the truth is, you can be super clear on what you want to change and absolutely want to make the change, yet dissuade yourself from making it due to feeling intimidated by the process. You may have even started down the path to create that change and found you have had trouble sticking with it.

Does any of this resonate with you? I’m sure it does… welcome to being a human!

But just because change is difficult, doesn’t mean you just say ‘screw it’ and stay the same… change is an inevitable and important part of life, so we need to learn how to make change easier.

So let me share one of my strategies with you.

Shrinking The Change

First, in order to make the change feel easier, you’ll need to break it down into bite size pieces, otherwise called, “shrinking the change”. Here’s an example…

Say you desire to start exercising. Shrinking the change might look something like this:

Find a space in your house that would be fitting (the easier the option, the better, the gym takes an extra few steps and wouldn’t be a best fit if you know it’ll leave excuses open, remember it’s important to make the change EASY up front).
Start with bodyweight exercises, it eliminates the obstacle of purchasing anything and streamlines what exercises are possible.
Decide what you will do - again start simple, choose 1-3 exercises.
Decide when you will do exercise ONE day this week.
Then, the next week, decide what TWO days you will exercise.
From here you can continue building days, adding exercises, building intensity and so forth but remember, the goal was to “START exercising” not exercise every day, not do it perfectly, not build strength. The goal was to start. Dominate starting first, then you can pick the next goal.

The point, as you can see, is to really break down a task into small step by step tasks to do one at a time. This will help to assure the change is secured and identify and clear any obstacles that arise.

The Myth That Lack of Consistency = Lack of Willpower

Now the second part, after knowing that you want to change, what it is you want to change, and strategically creating that change in small incremental shifts, the next part of that goal is to actually ‘stick with it’.

There is a common belief that I need to dismantle here and that’s the thought that the reason some people lack consistency is because they lack self-control or willpower.

This might surprise you, but science has shown that willpower actually isn’t as important as you might think when it comes to changing your behavior.

So, have a think.

What change do you want to bring into your life?

Now, follow the steps to shrink that change and make a manageable plan to start now. Consider the balance you need to maintain between work, family, friends and health. The changes need to be gradual - don’t add too much to your busy life in one go, you need to ensure you can stick with it.

As you build towards your step-by-step goals, let me know how you get on. I love to hear from you on Instagram or Email, I find it really helps to share your journey to make your behavior change easy.

Simple Ways to Achieve Behavior Change

Behavior change is hard, that’s why so many of us give up at the first hurdle.

We need the tools to overcome obstacles in order to achieve our desired changes.

Wanna know HOW to seek solutions to your obstacles? Check out this video for some simple action steps you can implement today!

THE SIMPLE SECRET TO MAKING BEHAVIOR CHANGE EASY