GOOD ENOUGH?

On my walk this morning, I decided to take a path that I often choose, that ends at a broken down old fence. When I was about 10 yards away from the fence I started to turn around and in that moment I had a realization. 

When I first discovered this path, I would always walk up to the fence and touch it before turning around. It gave me sense of accomplishment to say, "I will walk all the way to the fence today", and then "anchor" it by touching the fence. When had I stopped doing this? How had I unconsciously slipped into telling myself that it was "good enough" to just see the fence and that I had still done a good job getting in my morning walk?

I have learned that the quickest way for me to build self-confidence is by setting a goal and following it through to the end. If I stop short, even if it's "just 10 yards", there is a subtle thing that happens. I stop being able to really count on myself to do the things I say I will do. I stop trusting in my abilities to follow something through until the end, and my confidence begins to erode. This can have a snowball effect because how we are in one area is how we are in the rest of our lives. 

From now on, I am walking all the way to the fence because I AM someone who does what she says she will do. I can count on ME!!!