It’s easy when the path is straight

I found a scribbled note this morning, I do this all the time from anything I am consuming and this quote is from a novel by V.E.Schwabb called The Invisible Life of Addie LaRou. 

The note said, “it’s easy to stay on the right path when the road is straight, and the steps are numbered” and I thought you might need to hear that this week. 

How often is the path straight? How many of the steps are numbered? Well, a quick internet search for pretty much anything would have you believe that it’s all the time. 

“10 steps to…” 

“I did this one thing to…” 

“The ultimate set up…” 

“A morning routine for…” 

And the absolute worst for women’s health “eat less and move more”, “calories in vs calories out”, “lose belly fat with this one exercise”, “drink this before breakfast to lose 10lbs”. 

None of these formulas allow for the wonderful and sometimes terrible rollercoaster that is real life, and none of them account for quality (not all calories are equal and not all exercise burns the same calories). 

If you’re feeling like you keep losing your way, sliding off track or having to start again then know you are not the problem, but the path you are on and your perception of what you’re trying to do might be. 

Stop starting fresh, and just pick up where you are, course correct and take some (even one) action. Stop looking for the straight path and the numbered steps. Keep things simple and trust your inner compass. 

Before you know it, you will be further along your wonky, weaving, unique path than you have ever been before, looking back at all you achieved along the way and all you learned in the process, and you won’t want to change a thing.