Self-imposed boundaries
Published by on January 10th, 2008
There are enough obstacles in life’s path waiting to trip us up every day, so why do we tend to create more of them to potentially thwart our progress?
It seems to be human nature that we find reasons why something which involves effort cannot be immediately accomplished, and in-built, instinctive inertia for implementing change. The so-called New Year’s Resolution is one such device, despite it seeming to encourage change. In fact it inhibits change for several weeks prior to the end of the year - and I fear that window is extending in recent times. One hears it everywhere “I’ll do that as a New Years Resolution”, instead of accepting the need for change/action, and doing it there and then. We often have a similar problem weekly. How many times have you started a new personal project, diet, fitness regime, on any day other than a Monday? And these are just time delays. Add those “don’t have the right equipment”, “don’t have the right clothes”, “I’m a bit under the weather”, and you have a recipe for putting off pretty much anything and everything that needs doing.
I am no exception - and yes, it bugs the hell out of me. I have two things falling directly into this category: first I need to get out on my bike more but am inhibiting myself through the need to upgrade a few parts (despite the device being perfectly functional at this time); secondly, is the delay of getting my current tax return sorted so that I have some idea of the impending dent in my finances - this I cannot do because I need to, erm… well, I really have no excuses on this one.
So I plan to get both of these sorted at the weekend. No, hang on, most of my weekend is already committed. I’ll start Monday…
