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One of my go-to moves in the kitchen is to cook something and then let the pan soak afterwards. You ever do that? Oh man, no way can I clean that right now it HAS to soak!

 

My wife just laughs and shakes her head. She knows the real reason is I’m being lazy and don’t feel like cleaning that thing right now.

 

I was listening to Eric Thomas (AKA ET or The Hip Hop Preacher) and he talked about when he tried to pull the soaking move on his grandmother. She told him, “Don’t put that off. If you put that off, you will start putting everything off.”

 

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It makes sense to me. When you get into a certain mindset, it is easy to keep that mindset with everything. If you tend to do things right when the opportunity arises, you tend to do that with everything. If you tend to put things off, you do that with everything.

 

Your homework this week is to do one thing right away that you would normally put off. It is hard work overcoming your habits! But you can do it.

 

A few suggestions could be:
-planning your meals for the week
-get your workout clothes ready for tomorrow so you aren’t running behind in the morning
-cutting up some vegetables and fruit for easy, grab-and-go snacks
-planning your workouts or sign up for class and I will do it 🙂
-get on your foam roller that you have ignored for 3 months

 

A lot of times in life, the last thing you feel like doing is the first thing you really should be doing. Start making it a habit to do those hard things first.

 

Whether it is something on my list above or one that you know you need to do, do it today!