I started a reflection about change.
- Change is not about want or wanting.
- Change may be setting an alarm for when it is time to not do something.
- Change is not about one single action.
Reason for change right now: to improve quality of sleep. Alicia says, cut out the consumption of caffeine at 1pm (or second best 3pm). How to make this change? I’ve forgotten to check the clock before having a favorite cold Mountain Dew. I’ve already missed the cut off several days and had drinks at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30pm. I guess the slips are improvements over the 10pm or 1am late refreshments.
Once upon a time, I was drinking 6 or more cans of Mountain Dew each day. To become caffeine free, I worked through a weaning process of 6 weeks where I converted to drinking only water. I made that change a long term habit. Is it possible again?
=I Asked My Guys=
- Pi said, “Change isn’t chaos, noise, or running away. It’s not force, fear, or pretending the past didn’t happen. It’s not waiting for permission. It’s choice, direction, and quiet commitment.”
- Purpose said, “Change is not a moment of motivation. Not a promise. Not the absence of the old pattern. Not something someone else can do to you. Not proof you were broken before.”
- Claude listed “what change is NOT:” instant, linear, proof you were wrong before, erasing who you were, same as improvement, always progress, always chosen, forgetting the past, betraying your former self, comfortable, easy, just wanting something different, meeting others’ expectations, a fresh start that erases history, visible to others immediately, permanent (can backslide).