FINDING THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING

We move from one place to another every single day. We start in one place and end up in another and we need to acknowledge the potential simplicity of this - that giving up smoking can be as simple as getting from one place to another. 

So why do you keep smoking when you want to stop? Why do you overcomplicate it and give it way more importance and difficulty than you need to?

If you take a moment to think about the last time you did something scary and what thought processes you had to go through to take that step. 

- You might have minimised the importance of it, 

- You might have promised yourself a reward for doing it

- Or you might have pretended that it was something else to get it done. 

The mind is so powerful and way stronger than you think in all your actions. Think about someone who just absolutely needs to get something done and 'mind' doesn't even come into it. It is a matter of just overriding it with willpower to make it happen.

I'm reminded of the quote - do or not do - there is no 'try' 

So in the end, it comes down to motivation - what factors motivate action. How do you get in touch with those deeper aspects of yourself and move beyond those temporary feelings to behave in the most congruent way that will help you move forward or reach your destination. It's all about motivation or lack of.