Taking Responsibility For Reshaping
Your Life
by Jackie Stanley
Take Responsibility For Reshaping YourLife
We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better.
But in order to make our goals materialize, we have to take
responsibility for what we want by taking the appropriate
actions. Here are three simple steps to help you turn your
healthy goals into concrete accomplishments:
Step One: Blame No One.
Pointing fingers at the fast food industry,
the media or your mother is not going to move you one step
closer to reaching your goals. Blame invariably inspires guilt
and reproach, so that when we start out blaming others, before
we know it we are faulting ourselves. There is no time for
that. Besides, the minute you blame something or someone for
the shape of your life, you are denying yourself the opportunity
to take the action you need to transform your circumstances.
It isn’t a question of whose fault it is that you are
where you are today. The point is to shoulder the responsibility
for moving your life in a more positive direction.
Step Two: Expect Nothing.
Taking responsibility for your life is its own
reward. We should do so because it is the mature, grown-up
thing to do. A willingness to be accountable for our choices
and actions is what it means to be an adult. Because there
are no guarantees in life, if you decide to begin making your
health a priority, don’t expect your family to support
you or that your blood pressure will be lowered. An ongoing
healthy lifestyle is not about trying to slim down so you
can fit into your swimsuit by summer or about living to be
100. It is about saying, “I am going to take care of
myself because as far as I know this is the only body I am
going to get, and it makes sense that I should respect and
care for it.”
Step Three: Do Something.
Responsibility demands action. Until you do
something about the shape of your life, nothing is going to
change. And here’s the kicker: because it is your life
and you are responsible for the way it looks, only you can
decide what you must do. So, take stock of your life and do
what you can do to improve it. If you have been sitting around,
get up. If you can’t run, then walk. When you fall down,
take a minute to gather yourself, and then get up and continue
with your plan of action. Because in the final analysis, how
much we weigh is not a fraction as important as taking responsibility
for our lives by doing what we can to make them healthier
and happier.
Keywords: healthy goals, diet, health, motivation,
motivating, weight loss
About the Author
Jackie Stanley, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
jackie@lettuceisnotenough.com
http://lettuceisnotenough.com
Jackie Stanley is the creator of a series of personal wellness
and weight loss journals titled "Lettuce Is Not Enough."
She can be reached at 336.854.8667 or at jackie@lettuceisnotenough.com
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