This past Thursday, Miriam shared with us her presentation “ How to Effect Actual Change in Your Life “ 

Miriam continued her discussion by talking about the process to make transformative change in your life.

We have to begin by learning to make desired changes in your life in a logical manner.  

– you will need to identify the goal you want to achieve, and make sure it’s a concrete goal.  And identify the habit that you want to break.  If you have things in your life that are preventing you from achieving your goal, then maybe you need to take a look at your goal again. Is your goal a realistic one?  

Let’s say you have a goal of wanting to lose weight.  You could quit eating junk food altogether.  Or, maybe just quit eating junk food at night. 

You will also need to brainstorm ideas on how to lose weight.  Part of the process is self-reflection and honesty with yourself.  You will need to make your goal something you can be excited about, and that will be easy for you to do.  Make your goal enjoyable.

Are the things you do to achieve your goal effective and also accomplish your goal?  

So, getting back to the example goal of losing weight.  

– will exercise help with this goal?

– For example,  if you are tempted to eat junk food.  You could call a friend to take your mind off of eating.

– or maybe do some housework? 

– watching less tv might help. 

– you could try reading, but don’t eat while you’re reading.

So, would any of these ideas lead you back to a goal of losing weight?  

You will probably need to track your activity that you did to work towards your goal. Your goals and the steps you take to achieving your goals only needs to make sense to you.  You will somehow need to disrupt your bad habits and replace them with good ones.  Every once in a while we need to assess our goals and look at how they are working out for us.  Remember to find a goal that is realistic and enjoyable.  And most importantly it needs to be personal for you.