{"id":2140,"date":"2020-04-06T16:33:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:06:45","slug":"remember-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/remember-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember the Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Are you tempted to give up efforts to improve yourself when the challenge seems too hard?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">How do you overcome?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Do you have a conscious plan of action when those moments come? Or do you just\u00a0 cross your fingers and hope the challenges never happen in the first place?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">One specific key has helped see me through<\/b> challenging bumps in the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">The lesson <b class=\"\">applies to all areas of life, whether related to health, relationships, business, or self-improvement.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Allow me to share a personal experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I had a minor success recently that I wanted to share with my health coach. I\u2019m supposed to check in with her once a week, but life got busy and I didn\u2019t connect with her until the following week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">When I went to tell her my good news, I couldn\u2019t remember what I had wanted to share!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">How could that be? It had happened only three days before and though it was minor it was a big enough deal for me that I made a note to myself to share it with her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Yet here I was, my mind blank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I thought to myself maybe I had wanted to share that I had more energy that week, or that I had accomplished some bigger tasks than usual. But those just didn\u2019t seem to have the emotional component that I remember feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Later that evening I finally remembered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I had been grocery shopping and was choosing my daughter\u2019s favorite ice cream when I started to feel down about the fact that ice cream is not on my eating plan. Her favorite ice cream is also my favorite and I knew it would be a temptation to have in the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">My thoughts were bringing me down and I had to act fast to change them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">The key?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">I remembered the big picture. I remembered my why!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I thought of how far I had come and how much better I was feeling now that I was taking care of my health. I recalled the reason I started this journey and the picture of where I was headed and why it was important to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Because that why is meaningful to me it had the\u00a0 power to move me past the weakening will-power.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I remembered my why and was able to put the ice cream in the cart without fear of my giving into temptation at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">How do I know this strategy of remembering the big picture was effective?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I couldn\u2019t remember the incident to tell my health coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">You may ask how that shows the strategy worked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">I knew my favorite ice cream was in the house. It was in the freezer within easy reach. I had been present when others had been eating and enjoying it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Yet it had not tempted me! It had scarcely registered in my conscious mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">And when it came time to share my success I had forgotten it had been a concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">I had overcome the challenge by remembering my why.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Are there challenges in your life that just seem too hard to overcome?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Remember the big picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Remember your why. Make it strong enough with enough meaning and emotion that it can carry you through the moments of weakness.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Hold to that vision to see you through those bumps in the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Success is not the final outcome.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Success comes all along the way, during the journey as you pick yourself up from a stumble and take another step forward.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Success is remembering the why and turning aside from the temptation.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Success is moving forward with confidence <\/i><b class=\"\"><i class=\"\">because you remember the big picture.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Much love and encouragement on your journey!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">With love,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/signature.png\" alt=\"Melanie Newman\" width=\"223\" height=\"73\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you tempted to give up efforts to improve yourself when the challenge seems too hard? 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