I'm struggling with Consistency!

"I'm doing everything I can, but why am I having trouble maintaining consistency?" "Does this describe you?

You get that momentum going, giving it your all, hustling left and right, and then BOOM - your effort and motivation expire as quickly as the food you promised yourself you'd eat but ended up throwing out.

Leaving you frustrated and wondering, "Why am I not consistent?" about something so basic and insignificant.

WHY IS CONSISTENCY SO DIFFICULT?

The brain has a complicated relationship with consistency.

Consistency entails repetition and the idea of repeating the same activity repeatedly in your mind. And because character entails feeling like a broken record, you end up being dissuaded from it altogether.

Here's the thing: when we set goals, we often focus too much on motivation. When motivated, we naturally develop a full-fledged plan for achieving our goals, which are usually extreme. So, for a few days or even weeks, we can maintain our motivation and stick to the rigorous plan we devised. But then we lose motivation, life interferes, and we're disappointed that we didn't stick to the ridiculously intense plan we created when we were motivated.

I was curious to learn how others can hold themselves accountable to a daily, weekly, or monthly project or set a schedule of tasks and work tirelessly to complete them as someone who struggles with consistency and sticking to new habits.

I discovered over the last few days, while struggling with my mind due to inconsistency, that:

I'm focused on the result.

I have ambitions and dreams that I want to realize! However, I became more focused on the outcome rather than the growth. Instead of reminding myself of the small victories I achieve daily, I tell myself that I am still a long way from reaching my goals. In reality, I'm much closer now than I was before I got started.

So I'm reminding myself of my WHYs right now.

Everything I do in life has a purpose. My motivation must be strong for me to stick to my goals. My why must be so personal and meaningful that I am motivated to continue. I need to push myself to think about why I like consistency. I must be specific and in-depth.

Previously, missing a day of writing could demotivate me to the point of not writing for 3 or 4 days. Ignoring even more days, I punished myself for missing the first day. It didn't make any sense.

I miss days in writing, which is why I used to beat myself up about it.

But now I say, "Ok, you've missed a writing day. Start writing again tomorrow." If I have ten minutes to spare, I open my laptop and begin writing.

Good morning everyone! It's a long weekend :) I hope you enjoyed the rest of the days, reflected on this holy week, and remembered how God saved us from our sins.

God bless everyone!