I’ve seen lots of Instagram photos with “You don’t need a New Year to make a change. All you need is a Monday.”

Monday means a new week.

A fresh start.

A chance to change right from the BEGINNING of something.

But why do you really need to WAIT till Monday?

I hear it all the time, “I’ll start Monday.”

But seriously….Why wait?  Why not start TODAY! Why is Wednesday not as good as Monday?

Because Monday is the “BEGINNING” of the week and that means you have all week to make changes?

HAH! You really think Monday you are instantly going to be more motivated? Do you really think starting at the beginning of a new week is going to make you more successful?

I mean maybe you will be more motivated after eating crappy all weekend and not working out for even longer…

But maybe you won’t be….Maybe you will have lost the motivation you had on Wednesday – maybe whatever inspired you on Wednesday will have worn off after four more days.

When the desire hits to make a healthy lifestyle change, START RIGHT THEN AND THERE!

You don’t need a Monday OR a New Year.

Start while the you are motivated!

The more we can capitalize on our initial motivation the more likely we are to succeed. But that initial passion to succeed at our goals doesn’t last long.

That initial drive is fleeting. What keeps you on course is HABITS.

Healthy habits and values you’ve instilled because you’ve had to time create them because of your initial motivation.

But habits take a while to create. And they are most easily developed when we have the willpower, drive and determination to turn down temptations and old bad habits.

It is hard to say, “No” to bad habits when new habits aren’t yet in place and your initial passion is waning.

Heck it is hard to get started when you don’t feel that burning desire that you felt the Wednesday before.

It leads to a lot of failures early on and more statements of “Oh…I’ll get back at it Monday.”

STOP THE SICK CYCLE!

START WHEN THE MOTIVATION STRIKES!

Freaking start at 12 am on Tuesday night when you are motivated by something you saw on Instagram or TV or read in a book!

Oh but what can you do on a Tuesday at 12 am when you are just about to fall asleep?!?

The crazy part is actually a lot.

You can make lists of things you need to get started with tomorrow to help you realize your goal. You can write your goal down in black and white. You can really quickly print or write out or even draw whatever thing you read or saw that motivated you and place it some where that you’ll see it right when you wake up.

You can take little baby steps to start getting the momentum moving in the right direction.

It isn’t about starting when you can have a completely perfect year, or month, or week or even day.

It is about getting started right then and there and GETTING THE MOMENTUM GOING.

Momentum builds upon itself.

You’ve just got to get it rolling in the right direction.

So when the motivation strikes, get the momentum going.

Results will follow.

You don’t have to wait till Monday.

Of course since today is Monday and you are now hopefully motivated, you really have no excuse not to get the momentum going….RIGHT!?!

Happy Monday! Let’s not waste another moment wishing, waiting or wanting.

DO IT NOW!

Motivation creates Momentum. Momentum creates Habits. Habits create Results.

In case you needed a little Monday Motivation haha