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TooHighPi

Reddit, what major changes have you made in your life and how did you stick to them?

I'm at a crossroads in my life and I'm tired of living in the shadow of my own potential. There are so many things I aspired to be by now and I have achieved none of them. I have been trying as hard as I can to repair all of the relationships with the people that are closest to me, but now I must change the things about myself that are holding me back.

So I guess my question is how did you come to make major changes in your life? And more importantly how do I stick to these changes in the years to come?

Posted Jul 6, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

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I made myself start running every other day when I was in high school by telling myself, "I will run every other day" and doing it. It's been about ten years now and I still run every other day. You just have to decide to do it and then follow through.

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TooHighPiOP•

I've been doing this almost religiously. the "You can do it, you can it" sorta thing. I'm just so damned impatient that it's hard for me to keep sight of my long term goals.

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shet7968•

One day at camp in 8th grade I drank 8 orange sodas at free time. I was an overweight child and I thought, "Hmm, this could be why. No more". That was in 8th grade, I am 23 years old now, and to this day I have not drank even one coke (dr.pepper, pepsi, etc) with the exception of a mixed drink at a bar.

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nowsouless•

well when I broke up with my girlfriend I would put a tally mark on the back of my hand for every day I didn't talk to her. It gave me something to look forward to and it gave me a sense of accomplishment.

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