Instead of Habit

art by Sandra Guiloff

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What if you did one thing differently this week? This is like “stop, look, and listen”, or more accurately, “stop and switch”. Nothing dramatic here, we’re talking about something as ordinary as switching which shoe you put on first – if it’s always the right, stop and start with the left instead.  

This silly and serious advice came from my coaching instructor (thank you, Jeff Kaplan) in a demo of life coaching for student learning purposes.  I was challenged to do several things differently in the course of a week, to shake up routine, break habit, open the doorway to change.  What was the result? More on this next blog but in the meantime –

Get Fired Up:

Choose one thing you are willing to do differently than usual 

a. Every time for a week  (till our next blog post)

b. It has to be something that involves action (e.g. putting on shoes, getting ready for bed, walking around the back/front of your car to get to the passenger side)

c. Okay, go…