{ Choices }

“Consistently choosing to stay away from lifestyle habits or choices that you know are harming you in both the short and the long run is not just a genuine form of courage, it has become a vital imperative.” – Erwan Le Corre, The Practice of Natural Movement

Your life is a series of choices.

Everything single choice you have made has lead you to where you are now. These choices have been influenced by learned behaviors, past experiences, cultural conditioning, and societal norms. Inside each of us there is an innate desire for life to “be” a certain way. Taking the time to truly understand what that desire looks like without the effects of the choice influencers requires some deep introspection.

What do you want your life to be like?

What are your biggest desires?

What are your good qualities?

What are your bad?

I want YOU to answer that.

Not them. Not your partner, your kids, your parents, your siblings, your extended family, your friends, your coworkers. Not the news, a TV show, a movie. Not a celebrity, an athlete. Not one of your social media connections. Not your therapist, your priest, your pastor. Their opinions of what your life should be like don’t matter.

YOU. What do YOU want YOUR life to be like? What are YOUR biggest desires? Do you know what they are? Have you taken the time to think about that? Or have you buried them deep into your subconscious filed under “Unattainable”, “Silly”, “No Way”?

Every moment of every day you have a choice to cultivate the life you have always wanted. You are forever presented with the question: “What do I want this moment to be like?” There are countless answers to that question. The choice you make should align with the even bigger question of “What do I want my life to be like?” Taking action NOW to direct your life to one of complete fulfillment is the hardest step, but it is the first step you have to take in order for anything to be as you want it.

You choose to live the way you do.

You choose where to work.

You choose how to spend your money.

You choose how to behave.

You choose what religion to follow or not follow.

You choose with whom to share your life.

You choose how to spend your time.

We often convince ourselves that we can do those things we’ve always wanted to do—Later. When you have the time, the money. When the kids are [this] age. When I have [this] job. When I’m in a relationship. When I’m not in a relationship. When the this is this and the that is that. When everything is just so and exactly where you think it should be. Before you realize it a week, a month, a year go by and you’re no closer to living your desires.

You cannot change any of the choices you have taken up to this point. You can from this moment right now start to make choices that create the life you’ve always wanted to have. But you have to start NOW.

Cheers! ✌💖