don't doubt your determination

I have been thinking a lot this week about the difference between determination and motivation. To not be misguided into thinking that motivation will be what drives you to make whatever lifestyle changes you may be committing as part of any resolutions this year.

Motivation of course has its place, but it’s your determination that will get you started. A determination to be fitter. A determination to be stronger. A determination to be more flexible. Whatever shape your determination takes, that’s your calling to hold close to your heart.

Of course, there’ll be doubts whether you can maintain that determination. Those seeds of doubts may have grown over the past week when early new year enthusiasm starts to wain.

I still have doubts I can do this every time I step onto the mat – it’s only natural. In that moment, remind yourself of what got you here in the first place. Take hold of your determination and let that guide you. The motivation to keep coming back for more will then follow.