Question: How can I change what I'm doing when I seem to not care enough to follow through on those changes (re: smoking cessation, weight loss, change in attitude, maintaining an exercise program)?
Answer: Wellness and the desire to be well has to stem from you. On some level, for some reason, you have to come to the motivation to make and sustain the changes you know will benefit you. But just knowing you should isn't usually sufficient enough to carry you from where you are to where you'd rather be.
Your motivation has to become stronger then everything keeping you where you are. Digging deep for that meaningful desire to alter your natural patterns and change them has to come from within.
Starting on a physical level and drumming up some quick wins will lend itself to build confidence and bring you toward helpful changes. As your confidence builds, an appreciation for the work you've put in begins to alter how you make choices. Altering those day to day choices will change your naturally set in patterns.
Taking this a step further by tying your continued success to a greater good (i.e. a healthier, stronger body to live in) can become the foundation you build into your life from here on.
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