When you want to see changes in your life, make them public.
I was unsatisfied with my routines, so I shared them here. I followed up with a couple great workouts, where I pushed myself.
A comment on that post inspired another post, and I started a fictional audio book that I had in my cue for the holidays. I listened while eating my dinner, (family was out), doing the dishes, and for an hour and a half of entertainment afterwards. This was far more than I listened to for most of the week.
It’s an easy but important step in achieving your goals. If you want something to happen, if you want to push yourself to meet a goal, then let others know about it. It doesn’t have to be a blog post, it can be a conversation with your spouse or a friend. It an be a challenge with a coworker, (several of my colleagues bought Fitbits and are sharing their step counts with each other).
If you really want to change something, put it out into the world, and see how that motivates you to actually do it!
An interesting observation Dave. Thank you.