So now schools are back in full swing
My life starts to get a little busier…
Which is amazing by the way.
More time with the kids…
Making slides with mattresses and the stairs (risk assessment is questionable …)
Finding myself constantly saying:
“Share”
“Put your shoes on”
“you can’t take your scooter to bed”
“You’ll be cold if you go outside”
I could go on…
And as fun as it is?
It is also exhausting..
I’m not sure why..
It just is…
But the thing is…
A lot of the ladies say to me..
That they don’t ‘have’ energy.
Or that they want more energy…
And that they don’t ‘have’ motivation.
Which I get..
But the first thing I say is that
You can’t just ‘have’ motivation..
You can’t just ‘have’ energy..
You have to CREATE IT..
Like, people will often say to me that I seem like I have so much energy…
But I am not too sure about this..
I just try to protect this…
And – yes – I say things like:
“I know working out is good for me and will give me energy but I can’t be bothered to do it”
^^^ I actually had this massively on Sunday…and as the day went on it was getting harder and harder as I felt ‘behind’ schedule of what and when I said I would exercise…
“I know having a nap and a lie down will make me feel better but I cannot be bothered to do it”
^^ WHICH IS CRAZY, right?
So here are a few SMALLER actions that I do
To help me create energy…
1-Get to bed by 10pm most days
2- Schedule a nap in every day
3-Prepare some protein based meals to keep me full up and so I don’t have to think about food the next day
4- Write things I appreciate every day (family, health, job I love, house, babies, ability to make choices, I could go on…)
5- Write down 3 wins each day (no matter how small..if your attention is not on here, then by default, you will focus on the negatives…)
6- Have a glass of water before each meal
And you might say that some of these are a bit woowoo / happy clappy..
But if you say something enough times
You will probably be more likely to think that it is true.
Hear me out
Every belief you have
Comes from a story / thought that you have heard so many times
You believe it to be true…
Like ‘breakfast being the most important meal of the day’
People think this is a given..
Yet, there is no concrete evidence to say it is actually true…
what I am saying here
Is that you have to be careful
About how you label yourself..
If you call yourself ‘lazy’, ‘too unfit’
You will look for evidence for this to confirm this..
But is this really true?
Are you really ‘lazy’?
Like, some of the ladies say this to me
And they have 3 kids, work full time, run the house..I could go on.
So don’t underestimate how you talk to yourself.
Remember, you are listening..
And what you say
Might just rob you of your energy and motivation…
The most exciting part?
That label you give yourself …
Is stuck on with velcro…
Which – just as I found out trying to put my daughters shoes in a rush whilst making sure the other one doesn’t take her shoes off – isn’t very sticky..
And you can rip it off whenever you like…
And this might not work for you..
But it definitely won’t work for you if you don’t try this..
And that is the difference in what we do inside our Kickstart programme.
We get you doing the things you know you need to do..
If you’d like more info
Just message me with ‘Kickstart’ and I’ll get you the details.
Matt ‘energy’ Fruci