The Wonderful World of Minotaur

Welcome to the fifth (and best) month of the year! 

If you’re like me, you might have made some resolutions or promises to yourself at the beginning of the year. I usually have a list of resolutions, wider categories and broken down goals within each one. It makes it a bit more realistic and attainable and helps me get on my zoom. 

There’s so much hope at the beginning of the year. You’re super energised and optimistic for the year. You make the savings pots, buy all the healthy foods, get your gym subscription. This year will be different. Then you fall off and the disappointment wants to eat you whole. 

That was me this year. I promised myself to make monthly blog posts. Frequent enough that it’s a step up from last year but not too frequent where it becomes a daunting task. Then I didn’t post in March or April. It felt like I let myself down massively. It might not seem like a big deal, but I wanted to prioritise consistency this year. I felt like “if I can’t even blog consistently, what’s the point?”

So I’ve made a list of things you can do when you fall off, to get back on your zoom:

• Set realistic goals – The easiest way to achieve a goal is for it to be realistic. Start with something more easily attainable then work your way up or down. Instead of starting with 25K steps a day, start with 10K and increase it over time. 
• Have an accountability partner – Sometimes it’s easier to be accountable to others than to yourself. Find a friend (or a stranger) on the same path as you that you can have regular check-ins with. 
• Create reminders – Life gets busy, things slip our minds or fall off our radars. To avoid or mitigate this, set reminders for anything and everything. Eventually it becomes like second nature. 
• Train your inner voice – Sometimes you fall off the wagon because of negative self talk. This can lead to imposter syndrome or talking yourself out of doing things you actually want to do. It’s not easy but you have to become conscious of what thoughts pass through your mind and train your inner voice to be more positive. 
• Don’t be afraid to look stupid – No one has ever started at perfection. It takes a lot of practice, hard work and effort to get there. And this can sometimes mean looking stupid, whether that’s talking to your audience of one or not doing a workout right the first time. Just keep going and eventually you’ll get better. 

Do you have any tips or tricks you use to get back on your zoom?