When we finally realise that an aspect of our life isn’t working for us, it’s unsettling because we must enter the realm of the great unknown.

New ways of thinking, acting and feeling will be needed to embed a newly imagined lifestyle. We know that old habits are going to resist change, so we will need a strong will and a cunning plan.

But how do we keep track of our progress, with or without a coach?

It’s as if we are having to produce and direct ourselves in a new life movie, where we must write a new script for our thinking and new acting skills to move our body.

The future is always uncertain, so we can only imagine our desired outcome, and the small actions that will be needed to get us there. It’s a bit like choosing the most stable stepping-stones across a stream to reach our desired destination.

The diagram below outlines a process of continuous improvement.  We enter a cycle of chosen aspirations that are broken down into manageable chunks of activity that will take us in the direction of our desired outcome.

Having assessed our performance with the chosen activity we set ourselves an improvement target and prepare to take a new actions. When we hit our target, we move on to the next chosen activity, boosted by our success.

We are doing the observing, interpreting and judging of our actions. We are only answerable to ourselves for how much progress we make. 

For example, we could keep a journal of what is working for us, listen to inspirational books and podcasts while walking, draw diagrams of problems, go swimming every morning, research an idea, do chair exercises, eat off a small plate, etc.

Ask yourself . . . “What am I curious to know about myself? . . . “What do I want to discover?”  Let curiosity to be your guide. Then you can turn stuckness into ambition, struggles into spiritual lightness, and threats into opportunities.