After a week long of overindulging in The Big Easy, Michael and I have decided to start The Dukan Diet and today is Day One. I hate diets. I hate restricting myself and I hate depriving myself. To me, diets = commitment. And I have a very complicated relationship to commitment.
Why I am allergic to commitment? Let's see, as a 4, I prioritize my feelings above all. And when you make a commitment, feelings don't always get to have their say. Then there is the element of routine, which I tend to avoid (even though I crave it). This is not to say I am unable to commit. If the commitment involves another person, I always follow through. Be it a date night with Michael, a girls dinner with my besties, a lesson with my guitar teacher, or anything else that involves my loved ones, I am there. No question.
It's when I need to make a commitment to myself, and the agendas that I deem important, that I tend to fail. That list includes diets, exercise regimens, meditation, studying the Enneagram, practicing guitar, and any other self-care activity. If I can enlist another to join me (as in Michael with The Dukan Diet), I know I'll have a fighting chance to keep my promise.
Moving forward, I am hoping that this joint pledge to the diet will open up opportunities for me to follow through with other commitments I've longed to keep to myself, mainly meditation and exercise. Commitment has a lot to do with trust. When we make the agreement to commit to something and we follow through with that, we have taught ourselves that we can self-trust. When we fail to follow through, there is a part of us that doesn't have inner faith.
I am looking forward to self-trust and inner faith, and the sense of accomplishment and self-worth that comes with showing up for my commitments.
How do you show up for your commitments? Where are you most committed in your life? Where are you least committed in your life? What stops you from committing and what propels you forward?
As always, feel free to comment on the questions I've posed! I'll follow up on Friday with more thoughts on the relationship other types may have to commitment.
Have a great week!
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