Consistency

What is consistency?

It is the process of action that is applied to an idea, thought, or action daily. It’s like me writing this blog everyday. I am being consistent. I am not gonna lie and say its a cake walk. It’s not. It’s hard, but the thing is this is what I love. I can’t stop, and everyday I work on something else pertaining to this blog, this company, this life. I gain more and more satisfaction everyday being in this rather then when I watch a show. With everything happening right now in the world it’s not a time to roll over and die. It’s not a time to say oh poor me, I can’t do it. I refuse that reality, and that person, because the truth is, it’s effecting everyone. Not just me.

There are going to be times where you feel unmotivated, and even downright bad. It’s going to look like there is no progress being made despite your best efforts. Push through anyways. It’s not a matter of it being pretty, it doesn’t have to be this neat little package, it just has to be done. Don’t forget that someone who continues to run the race will eventually get to the finish line. So all your failures throughout, all your mistakes, those are required of you. They are necessary for your development. In order to be consistent you have to be willing to fail often. You have to be willing to set the ego aside, the fears aside, the lack of self worth aside. Because you are worth the gains.

Consistency is “the fight” it is when you are dancing with your demons, and that inner story plays. That voice tries to sneak in and fight you. It tries to derail you. Every time you apply action you take a piece of yourself back. You say hey, fuck you, I am not allowing this to be my reality anymore. You chose yourself. Those that give up after a few days, or weeks, or months, they cave to “the fight” That moment you doubt you can, you already halt your desire to be consistent.

I’ve halted my own progress more times then I can count. I have taken that fight on over and over, yet when it came push to shove I backed down. Instead of standing up for myself, I quieted my voice and hid myself away. This only led me to believe that I was not worthy of abundance, or love, or acceptance. Every time I gave up I reinforced that I was the fuck up my family made me feel like. That I was this burden, and all I did was cause problems. I kept allowing myself to relive that old pain, because it was what I knew. It was safe, but consistency is not safety. It is going outside of your comfort zone to implement true change in your life.

I’ve tried so hard to change that mentality, but as Yoda says, “there is do or do not, there is no try.” Try should not be in your vocabulary. You should speak in absolutes when it comes to consistency. I will do this, I will achieve this. I won’t do this, I won’t do that. Use absolutes to tell yourself instead of saying hey I’ll try. Try is the fantasy that tomorrow you will achieve it. That someday I will apply effort to make this happen. It’s a bullshit word that pushes 100% responsibility off of you. To try is to fail at ever starting. Do you want to keep trying? Do you want to allow time to pass and all you did was complain and stay complacent in your existence? Time is going to pass by anyways, why not utilize it to gain maximum results?

So I challenge you to apply action daily to one task in your life that you have been wanting to do. It can be something as simple as making your bed as soon as you wake. I dare you to follow through every single day. To make sure you apply effort and practice this one task daily. Even if you start to go through the fight, recollect yourself, take a deep breath, cry if you need to, and get to it. Make the habit of doing it a positive, and the lack of doing it a negative.