Tag: Habits

Want to change something?

Posted on by philipdodson

If we want to change something, and of course, that is our choice completely, then we have to be prepared to make sacrifices and to build habits.

Nothing will change by chance and no point in relying on ‘gurus’, books, or others. Change is our responsibility alone and is an inside job.

When we choose something we want to change, then we have to monitor how we behave in regards to the change we want to make. No good if we want to be more patient, for example, and not noticing when we are still impatient. We can choose to carry on with the short-term ‘easy’ of ‘well, I’ll change that later’ or we can say to ourselves ‘I see that is not how I want to behave now, and I’m going to endeavour to not do that again’.

Change is always personal and if we feel there is nothing to change, that’s ok too as none of us are broken. However, unless we take constant regular steps towards making a change and monitoring it, then it won’t happen.

Habits are in control

Posted on by philipdodson

Switch the autopilot on and spend the rest of our time in our repeating thought patterns. The same outcome or worse comes and so our frustration rises. Doesn’t sound very inviting, yet it is often how we spend our life.

We are not born with a single habit, so we either build them ourselves or others condition our mind with them. it gets to the stage that 95% or more of our daily life is habitual, on autopilot and we notice nothing, just one thought after another thought, the same ones as the day before.

If we catch ourselves in our habitual pattern, become conscious, we can, of course, make a note to stop that, to change it, as it does not fit with our true essence. If we do not catch ourselves, then the repeating habits carry on and on and on.

It’s our choice, repeat or change…changing requires effort, sacrifice and acceptance of who we are. We can not grow and expand as a soul if we allow the repeating habitual patterns of the mind to dominate.