Interestingly enough we actually give more credit to our future selves, then our current selves as Kelly McGongial points out in the book The Willpower Instinct. It is one of the most puzzling but predictable mental errors humans make: We think about our future selves like different people. We often idealize them, expecting our future selves to do what our present selves cannot manage. This is almost sweet in sense, that we think so highly of ourselves and really think that our future self will want to eat better and lose weight and implement the necessary steps even when our current self does not do that. If we can take that compassion and apply it to ourselves NOW and implement small, doable habits into our daily lives, we can set our expectations as high as we want, knowing that these small steps will get us there. In my latest blog I discuss tools you can actually use to keep your resolution and promise to yourself. :)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:45:57 +0000
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