The Ocean Is Made Of Drops

A question that landed in my Inbox yesterday from James Clear got me thinking. “Six months from now, what you will you wish you had spent time on today?” This is so timely as I am working to implement new, daily behaviors that support my 10 New Goals, particularly as I define the small steps to take each day to begin to establish these behaviors as ingrained habits. Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day and the ocean is made of drops, striking life changes are built upon small, daily actions.

Lesson 2

I’m working my way through 30 Days to Better Habits, focusing on the idea of making new habits very easy and small. This sets us up for habits that last. So, instead of taking on the entirety of a goal, break it down into small, easy steps, and then start there.

OK, let’s apply…

One of my goals is to practice my posing every day. It is my weakest area with bodybuilding (a natural push for me to GO DO IT), but I also don’t really know what to do with the practice time (how do I practice what I don’t know?), so I find myself floundering, skipping days, furrowed forehead wondering more than actually doing.

My Small, Easy Step

Put the shoes on and walk around. I can’t get good at posing in heels until I’m comfortable walking in them. So, wear them around the house. Done. New behavior. A new drop added to my future ocean.

The Compound Effect

One of my favorite books ever, Darren Hardy’s The Compound Effect should be read by everyone. Appropriate for kids starting in middle school, this is a powerful concept that small, daily step towards a goal will, over time, create massive change. The ocean is made of drops. Every step, every drop, COUNTS.

Healing

I’m on the slow boat with my current healing journey. The pubic joint is the least vascular bony area in the body, therefore the slowest to heal. It is overwhelmingly slow, difficult to comprehend and frame mentally since it is like no other experience. It is seemingly endless. Except it WILL end. The daily drops of healing I add with the bone stimulator, laser, exercise, nutrition, mental focus – it will all add up to healing. My answer to the question “Six months from now, what you will you wish you had spent time on today?” is all of this, the daily healing steps that will eventually add up to recovery. Each one seems insignificant, easy to skip because does it really matter? Yes, just as the ocean is made up of drops, each treatment, every day, MATTERS.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

– Darren Hardy, The Compound Effect

Create Your Own Ocean

Where will your habits take you? Do they align with your goals, even the small, seemingly insignificant ones? In time, all of your drops will create oceans. Are they the oceans you want?

Six months from now, what you will you wish you had spent time on today?

– James Clear

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