It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. ~Annie Gottlier

Attitude is such an important determinate of where we end up in life.

Lately, the example that pops into my head is ice cream vs exercise.

Imagine two different possible attitudes.

The first one says:

I had a bad day, I need some ice cream.

I had a great day, let’s celebrate with some ice cream.

I’ll exercise tomorrow.

I don’t have the energy to exercise.

The second one says:

I had a bad day, I need to go for a run.

I had a great day, let’s all go for a walk.

I don’t need any ice cream today.

If I eat some ice cream I’ll just feel bad later.

Before everyone gets mad at me, I’m not trying to make anyone feel bad for eating ice cream. Eat all the ice cream you want.

My thought has been more about how we much of an impact if we could turn some of the “have to’s” of life into “want to’s”.

What if we could feel as good about exercising as we do about eating ice cream?

What if could feel as good about saving as we do about spending?

What if we could feel as good about reading and studying as we do about watching TV?

Make it a great day.

Jake