Building Habits

I am a habit-building whore.

Listen up my delicious bitches. I am here to shamelessly admit to not sticking to good habits. Habits that I promised my boujee ancestors I would keep. What happened? I would put too much pressure on myself. I would make unrealistic changes that would burn me out. It seemed like it was an all or nothing situation. I know a lot of people can relate with building a working out habit. Out of the blue I would go to the gym 6 times a week, eat my kale, and cry. Then by week 3 I’d be tired and suicidal. At the sight of a delicious pizza, I would cave and rub it all over my face. After that, I would feel very disappointed and completely stop trying to build the habit, at least until I would feel bad about how I look, then the vicious cycle would repeat.

In therapy, I learned that I was very harsh to myself. There would be something that would not work out in my plans and I would kick my own ass-not literally. So I started to break unhealthy habits; slowly with time I learned to stop being mean to myself, I learned that I need to make small manageable changes that I would help me keep over time. I also learned that it is ok to mess up, just to get back up and brush it off and start all over again. This is what I want you to take from this post. I want you to slow down with the habits you want to build. Start slow, and if there is a hiccup, simply smile and try again. Because in the long run, anything will be better than nothing, right? 

Don’t take yourself too seriously, we are just gorgeous humans.