Get past the start and you'll be fine

Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest. Unknown

Ugh. Don't I know this. The beginning is always the hardest. I wish it weren't. I wish it were easy. But it's the hardest. I think I know why. It's the hardest in the beginning because that's what we need to fight through. It's easy to give up when not much is invested yet. And our tendency as humans is to give up and if we don't have much invested yet then it's easy to give up on it. But we have to fight through that desire to give up so quickly and we have to dig deep and find the desire to see it through. This applies to so many things in our lives. Exercise, addressing clutter in our lives, fixing a relationship, etc. And sometimes, for me at least, the re-start is harder that it was when I began! For example, I've really been struggling to re-start what I know I need to do to be healthy physically. It's been really tough for me, much tougher than it was when I started addressing it a little over a year ago. For my personality type, breaks aren't a good thing in the long run. Now I have to start all over again but it feels so much harder this time. Ugh. So today's quote is really aimed at me. I'm looking at myself and telling myself to just begin and then when I do, don't give up. :)

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April 5, 2015

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