Why Change Is So Damn Hard

And How to Stop Fighting Yourself

When we want to make a change, we essentially want to ‘learn’ something. Learning is considered a “permanent change in behaviour which occurs as a function of experience.”

But there is a force working against us.

Nope, not aliens. Nor Insects. Nope, no Jedis here…

In the human body there is a state called Homeostasis. In Greek, it literally means “staying similar.” This mechanism is entirely devoted to keeping something constant inside us, despite our changing environment: So… to keep one thing the same, amidst changes around it, it needs to keep changing in the opposite direction.

It is designed to minimise the impact of outside change. To almost… undo change. And this is an issue for those of us who are trying to change our lives; to reinvent ourselves.

It’s your body’s natural response.

While the environment is warmer, our behaviours drive us towards cooling.

Condition: You feel hot on a sunny day.
Adjustment: Removing your jumper or drinking cold water.

When we start to exercise, our body feels more hunger and tells us to eat more.
When we’re trying to wake…