You don’t need a perfect plan. You need consistency.

I wanted to break my diet today. I was going to break my diet today. Temptation and exhaustion caught up to me, got me while I am weak.

In the shop when I had picked out all the mischief I could muster, my Mum was the one who told me how good I was doing, how not to break it. It meant coming from her, for her to not only see the hard work and effort I was putting in, but to say something to me, to reassure me I was on the right path. I am so touched she did that for me.

My friend also reminded me of the good things I could eat instead, which swayed me ever so slightly back in the direction I am headed. It required a bit of extra effort, sure. It was well worth it and I felt so good after. I honour my word and my promise to myself.

We are not alone. Healing happens in community, even when we are not on the same exact course alignment.

My friend reminded me, again when I was complaining about the extra effort and how I was fucking things up, they reminded me ‘perfect gets in the way of good’.

Always remember that good enough is good enough.

And when I couldn’t be f’d to get up and do my blog, again late at night, again complaining about the effort I needed to put in, I reminded myself of this promise. My blog is about consistency for myself. Consistency which feels so far from who I am. I am trying to breed consistency. One day this will be so natural, I won’t even blink at it.

We don’t need a perfect plan. We just need consistency.

Lots of love,

Kate