Let's discuss the valley of disappointment.  The process of change is never easy. We have built a culture that wants things to be ‘fun, fast, and easy.’ If something is not easy or others seem to be progressing more quickly than us we tend to default to, ‘well I must not be very good at this- I give up.’ What we need to realize is that true change is going to be hard, it is going to suck sometimes. Yes, there will be things you change that will be, ‘fun, fast, and easy’, but fundamentally there will be more times than not that you will want to ‘give up’, and throw your hands up. Once again, this goes back to the fact that we as humans struggle with long-term thinking. We often delay our rewards, ie. I have to work for 2 weeks before I get a paycheck. The same will be said for making changes in regards to our health. ‘I ate an apple every day this week, why hasn’t the scale gone down?’ ‘I got 10,000 steps every day this week, why am I still winded when I climb the stairs?’ Most days we will not see a change, it will just be another day and that is OK. This is why having a good understanding of our WHY and our identity is so important. We want to be able to look back on our day and say, ‘did I live today based on my WHY or the identity I am working towards?’ This process of reflecting is going to be what keeps us moving forward. It inspires us to take another step forward. To keep trudging up the mountain. As we move through the process of change there are going to be large gaps of time where we will be moving through what James Clear the author of Atomic Habits, calls the Valley of Disappointment. LEARN MORE - https://www.zendrop.com/ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/zendrop Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]