Not Keeping the Promises We Make to Ourselves Reduces Our Self-Esteem
Words are promises, actions are proof.
I know people who share their ambitious goals in detail and fall back on their promises after a few days when their emotions return to the baseline. I am not an exception to this rule.
For example, starting a gym subscription and only going for a week. Learning how to ride a car but trying to hurry up the process and eventually quitting within a month. Even fixing your sleep schedule can take months because our body clock is not something we can change overnight.
Even eight out of ten times, I have failed when my goals were too lofty, ambiguous, or unrealistic.
One such goal was about learning to drive a motorcycle. I didn’t think through enough, and when things got hard, I submitted to fear and quit several times before learning the right way.
But not this year. I started working on my resolution before January to avoid excessive pressure. When I challenged myself to emerge victorious on the other side with more than one month of consistency, the habit became easier to master.
The resolution was a combination of writing, fitness goals, and time management to incorporate discipline in important areas of life. Some other habits were…
