The instructions were clear.
By the time I pulled into my driveway the local emergency warning alarm was sounding. My nervous system (aka threat detection system) was now activated into Fight or Flight or the sympathetic state. My body was responding as if “The Nothing” from “The NeverEnding Story” was coming.
I was creating my reality by thinking I could not properly care for plants. Every time I spoke that belief I was defending it. I acted consistently with the belief by giving up on putting in the effort because they “wouldn’t survive anyway.” Then when my plants started to look sad and wilted, I would see confirmation of that belief. I knew it.
Habits are actions we engage in repetitiously. Every time we engage in an action it reinforces our brain’s pathway for that behavior. Our brains literally wires to repeat the activity, and the longer we engage in a habit, the more difficult, it becomes to change.
So how can we add new positive habits or remove the habits that do not serve us if we’re almost always operating on autopilot?
