We humans are creatures of habit. This is why drastic changes are so difficult. New schedule, new diet, new living situation, new relationship (or ending of one). We naturally struggle with big change.
This is what makes the concept of Kaizen so powerful. Small, incremental changes slowly over time are emotionally more palatable because we don’t notice them as much. Books like The Compound Effect and Atomic Habits dive deep into this concept.
I’ve been doing a new diet for 24 days, officially. It’s a diet that looks incredibly different from the general diet we all eat, and is typically difficult to start.
Truth is, I started parts of this diet 16 months ago and transitioned into it. And I didn’t even know this diet was in my future. I simply started looking at what I was eating and began eliminating things that weren’t good for me. It was gradual, with allowances for holidays, vacations, and parties.
Over time, the unhealthy things became unimportant and my list of food and ingredients continued to shrink. When I finally looked into the potential health benefits of eating carnivore, I had already eliminated many of the difficult items from my everyday habits. This set me up for an easier transition.
If you want to do a major change in your life, find small pieces of that change you can start today. Lock those in over time, then grab a few more. Eventually the friction for moving to the major change will be so small that it won’t take much sacrifice because you’ve spread the work out over time.
Maybe you love the “cold turkey” approach of big, drastic change. If that works for you, do it; you are special. For the rest of us, tackle small wins that add up to major ones.
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