The biggest lie we ALL tell ourselves

‪@SteveKamb‬ here - I’ve been running NerdFItness.com for 15 years. We’ve coached 15,000+ clients in our coaching program.
I’ve heard 1 white lie more than ANY OTHER.
“I’m sorry things are so busy this week, but next week things should get back to normal.”
Whenever there is a setback of any kind, there’s an apology with an expectation that things “will get back to normal” soon.
We all say it.
We’re all convinced that next week things get back to normal.
Of course next week, something else will happen.
Normal is NOT “my perfect schedule where everything works out.”
That’s not normal!
Normal is CHAOS, especially if you’re a parent, dealing with a chronic health issue or taking care of ailing parents.
We need to accept that we can’t do it all. We need to accept that we can’t get there quickly. We need to accept that life will happen. We need to find ways to make progress amidst the chaos.
Once we accept that chaos is normal, we can get to work on making progress now:
A half-assed workout today is 10x better than a full workout executed “next week when things slow down a bit” because next week something else will happen!
Writing one page of a novel each afternoon is better than “taking next week to really write all day every day” because that will never happen.
Adding a vegetable to one meal today is better than the ‘perfect diet’ that you’re going to start next week. Let’s stop fooling ourselves!
Acceptance of reality is the first step towards progress!