Sometimes you need to be inconsistent to move forward. When your consistent actions are inaction isn't leading you where you want to go, you need to do the inconsistent thing to break free.

It's a tale as old as time. You get way more support when people think you're not doing as well as them. They find it harder to support someone doing better than them, though. Not all are this way, but it seems to be the majority...

But you shouldn't judge yourself or others...

How's that working out for you? Let's be honest. You are going to do it one way or another. At least judge the right thing so you can build better routines to keep progressing either way.

When things are going south, it's hard to hide your true character, principles, and intentions. Believe the actions taken during these times, from both yourself and others. That's the truth. If you find yourself to be lacking during these times, you've got work to do on yourself.

Just because we accept reality doesn't mean what happened was right. Or simply means you accept that it happened and you make the decision to move forward anyway. The alternative is a lifetime of sadness. That's not a choice I'm willing to make for myself.

Decisions don't need to be right or wrong. When you get stuck in that language, you get stuck on making decisions. Either way, a decision will provide feedback. It either moved you towards your goal, or something will need work to move you further. Both are just feedback. You won't know what that feedback is until you make the decision and move forward.

Well, the ice and snow finally got me, and I almost ended up in the drink 🤣.

It's a good thing I have played out falling scenarios to prep myself so I could keep my composure 😁.

For real, though. When you make a plan for failure, you give your mind the ability to stay out of fight or flight so you can think through the situation quickly. It's not by accident. It's a skill that can be trained.

Once you've identified your pattern, it's now a series of choices you are making with full knowledge that it's not the best option. You don't get a free pass to be a degenerate because you refuse to make better choices.

You either achieve, or you don't. It feels safe to underestimate yourself or others, but that's just you trying to protect your ego.

Feelings are feedback, not facts. They are there for you to investigate, not make true or accurate to a situation. The more you seek to validate instead of investigate, the longer you will be bothered by that emotion.