Have you ever said either of the following?

“I’ve eaten so much fast food this week. I’ll get back to eating healthy next week…”
“I’ve done no work this week. Next week I’ll be super productive and have no breaks to make up for it…”
“I’ve been so lazy the last few weeks. I will do extra workouts and push myself really hard to get back on track…”

If you have, you’re not alone. We all say these things from time to time, some more than others. What we don’t realise is the negative impact that this can have on our mindset.

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I say this in pretty much all of my posts. Mindset is everything. If you want to start this journey of self-improvement and discovery, you need to first work on your mindset. Negativity is a huge setback in self-growth. It’s a human condition, to focus on the bad instead of the good. Why do you think all we see on news and media platforms is “bad”?

This concept of needing to ‘get back on track’ after a week or weekend of doing nothing, being totally unproductive or lazy, is damaging our progress in self-discovery. Even I struggle with this. However, I have been learning to pull myself back down to Earth and remind myself that there is no set ‘track’ in life. Life isn’t an all or nothing thing. We need to allow for unexpected plans, new opportunities or challenges we may face. Life in general is unexpected, anything can happen at any point of our life.

By putting this unnecessary pressure on ourselves to eat the perfect diet and complete unrealistic workout goals and daily to do lists, we will simply burn out and struggle even more to come back from it.

We all deserve balance in life, and I know I preach this so much (but there can never be too much preaching of having balance in anything you do). There will be times where we are not very productive, having longer rest periods, or “slacking off”. The key is to rewire your brain and tell yourself it’s ok to do these things.

We are not robots. We cannot go about life being 100% productive all the time and not make any mistakes. We are human, and that is what life is all about.

On the other side, I know that we may need to plan our lives out and stick to certain goals. It’s not that goals are bad – having goals is good, because it helps you focus on what you want to achieve in a certain time period. However, having a long list of unrealistic goals is one of the most detrimental things to your mental health. Go ahead and make those goals, but make sure they are doable within a lenient period of time.

Recently I have been learning the beauty of being free from a set life path, and let me tell you, I have never felt more free.

Signing off,

Pepetoe x