Wednesday 24 October 2018

Whatever you do today, good or bad, becomes easier to do tomorrow.

I have found that each time I do something, it becomes easier to do that same thing the next day. Realising this has helped me develop new habits and new ways of thinking. Doing something today, then becomes an investment that makes it easier to do tomorrow. Each time you do something or think a particular way, you are actually making it easier for you to do that same thing or think in a similar way tomorrow, whether this is good or bad for you. This is both great news and not so great news. Good news because thinking this way makes it easier to bring new discipline and habits in our lives. Bad news because it also means that a little action today in the wrong direction makes it easier for us to continue on that direction tomorrow.  
The more you repeat an action or thought, the more automatic it becomes. All we have to do then is choose a new habit and only aim on sustaining it on a daily basis and reminding ourselves that by doing it today it becomes much easier to repeat the next day. Soon you do it without thinking. Don't worry about how you will sustain it tomorrow or in the future. Next day just repeat this process. The biggest part is in reminding yourself today that by doing it today you are making it easier for tomorrow. You say to yourself, ' I am doing this today so that I make it easier for me to do it tomorrow'. 
It works for both physical actions and patterns of thought. Say you have been struggling with negative thinking lately, you don't like the effect this is having on your life, you want to break this pattern and have more positive thoughts. Today (just today), try to think positive about at least one thing as you move through your day. By committing to think positive today about one thing, you make it easier to have positive thoughts tomorrow about something else, and by the time you realise positive thinking becomes your default way of perceiving things in life. 
This idea is powerful. It has made it possible for me bring new habits into my life as well as replacing old ones I was wanted to get rid of. 
The idea is you do things today as a way of making them easier to do tomorrow. 
Tomorrow is the grand price.

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