Want to Change Your Behaviour?

Is there a behaviour that you want to change? Perhaps it’s getting into better shape or eating healthier.  Whatever the case, what is stopping you from making the shift?

How long does it take change to happen?  Change is not the problem because change can happen in an instant.  Maintaining changes over the longterm is more of a challenge. So, what’s the best way to create long lasting changes in behaviour?  

A change in priorities.

Think about the last time that you had a shift in priorities and what behaviours changed.  I had a huge shift in priorities since my baby was born. Everything from sleep, exercise, diet, business, relationships….almost every aspect of my life experienced changed….overnight.

Others may experience a sudden health or financial crisis for the change to occur.  But, you don’t need a crisis to happen in order for you to make changes.

Here’s an exercise for you.  Take an inventory of the ‘things’ you do in a day.  Categorize the little items into bigger groupings. For example: pack lunch (health), shower and brush teeth (personal care), exercise (health), go to work, drive (work) etc.  Then find out where you spend most of your time. You may realise that you are spending too much time on certain areas and not enough with others.

Next, look at what you are doing on your spare time.  Are there things you could shift so that you could have more time in others. For instance, if you spend 1 hour watching tv but want to start meditating then you can cut your tv time to half an hour and then fit meditation in.

To shift your behaviours, change your priorities.