This consistency thing is so weird. Sometimes it’s so easy to do, it’s as simple as just doing it everyday and feeling proud of yourself for committing to it. But on days like this becomes a Herculean task to open a laptop, sometimes life’s smacks you in the face and you forget to that thing you thought was etched into your bones. At that point you become self defeated, it becomes a thing of losing streaks and whatnot.
One thing I’ve learned over time is that it doesn’t always work that way. So I used Duolingo and the principles Liza taught me a while back applies to the app’s streak system with the streak freeze thing. Life happens to all of us and while a lot of times it’s not an excuse it’s literally just what happens. With Duolingo, I’ve learned that yeah I missed a day’s lesson but the 20 day streak isn’t lost just yet, I’ve got a streak freeze for two days, a two day grace window basically.
So just because you messed up once doesn’t mean all your previous efforts have disappeared into thin air. Basically it’s not your fuck up from yesterday that’s going to matter but how quick you are to continue today. Even if it’s in the smallest way possible.
All this to say, Oya stand up, time to feel bad for what you missed yesterday has passed, it’s a new day let’s make the most of it!
Author’s Note:
Heyyyyyyy! Don’t ask me why I’m getting all motivational, even I’m surprised. Anyway my week has been short and long and I’m in a ‘we move regardless’ headspace. So let’s goooo. Also we’re almost at a 100 subscribers 🥳🥳🥳 I’m so excited! Thanks to everyone that has subscribed so far!!😍
Song of the Week
Because Nimat recommended it, song of the week is Smile by Nat King Cole.
This is the problem I'm having rn, ✨consistency✨. I've spent a lot of time by myself these last couple of months that it now seems a bit odd to talk to other people, almost wrong somehow. I was making good progress with being social before. Making sure to make myself talk to at least one person in a day and I was doing so well but now that I've stopped, it's like all my progress has gone down the drain and I'm back to square one.
I hate this feeling and I want to put in the work but it's so easy to fall back on old habits, I relate to the third progress bar so much.
Thank God for friends who still give a shit about you despite months of absolutely zilch contact. Those kind rock. Family kind of have no choice but thank God for them too.
I don't know who to thank for your sudden burst of motivational energy so for now I'm just going to thank you.
Ah consistency... I have a deep-rooted fear that I cannot be consistent with anything. Very negative, I know. It is almost entirely responsible for all of my self-sabotaging. I've been trying really hard to get rid of it as I'm fully aware of how much of a limiting belief it is, but I still have quite some work to do.
How I've kept on keeping on, however, is by not doing what your article says. I don't think much about it and make the baseline of the habit I'm attempting to build quite low (by my standards) and very very achievable.
Your post was really refreshing to read and I very much appreciate the random burst of motivation.
Fighting!💪✨