Entrenched: an attitude, habit, or belief so firm that change is very difficult or unlikely. That's my word for the evening. I opened my netbook and brought up the blog screen, and then drew a blank. There are a million things I want to be saying, but I'm second guessing my thoughts, assuming that no one else really cares what I am thinking.
So many times, we all become entrenched in one way or another to things we should be doing, or maybe its things we're doing that we can't get away from, and need to. When that happens, how do we break free? How do we become un-entrenched? I don't believe any attitude, habit or belief is so entrenched that its impossible to change. But the bottom line is that we have to want to make a change ... but how?
There are five basic steps to break a habit: Admit. Change your environment. Create barriers. Replace the old with something new. Be patient. (well,, ok, I'll admit it, patience isn't so easy for me either!)
In my quest to lose weight, my five things would be admitting I need to lose weight. Change when, where, what I eat. Stop buying the foods I can't resist. Something new would be gym time, not sitting around time. And then again, patience. Because losing weight doesn't happen overnight.
What areas in life are you entrenched in?
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