Why You Are Not Making the Easy Changes in Your Life

Aman
3 min readAug 30, 2020

When we think about self-improvement, I think a lot of us think about dramatic, drastic changes in ourselves, lives and outlook.

We imagine, waking up one day, running five miles before the sun is up, meditating, drinking a kale smoothie, having a highly productive day, and each and every day at work, coming home and being a positive person to your partner and family and then wrapping the day off with journaling and some self-reflection about just how amazing the day went.

We do not imagine that the road to self-improvement could be simple.

We do not imagine that the road to self-improvement could be simply adding a ten-minute walk into our day after dinner because that is not enough.

We do not imagine that the road to self-improvement could be simply removing that daily habit of hitting the snooze button because that (small) action could not possibly be the reason each and every one of your days is a chaotic mess.

We do not imagine that the road to self-improvement could be simply stopping the negative self-talk and spending five minutes each morning thinking about three things you are truly grateful for because it just feels too silly to be meaningful.

We want the change to be dramatic, gigantic and completely unattainable because if the change is simple, small and attainable, then WE are the problem.

It is very easy to stay stuck in the same shitty situation you have been in for far too long when you make yourself believe that the life you want to lead is out of your reach, too hard and extremely complicated.

It becomes entirely unfathomable to think that you are the only obstacle in the way of your life’s desires.

Nothing is out of your reach, it is simply your mindset which is the limit.

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Aman

I write about issues that are near and dear to my heart, with the hope that my stories, experiences, and struggles may empower others.