How Shift Happens in Our Lives : zen habits

1. You struggle with the decision to change. 
2. You are finally ready to change. Something clicks for you.
3. You start the shift, probably with some enthusiasm. 
4. You find it harder or different than you thought and struggle a little.
5. You stick with it and find some positive change.
6. You get sidetracked but then come back again (or not).
7. It becomes a part of your life.
8. Things start to slip back until you refocus yourself. But at some point, many people slip back into their old habits.

It’s a powerful skill to take a look at your life and see that you need to make a change. 

Often we know we need to change but don’t want to face it. The skill, then, is to get very honest with yourself and recognize that a change is needed, and then finding a way to flip the switch so that you’re committed and taking action.