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Although it’s often easy to say you want to change, successfully making a change is hard. Our thoughts and emotions often prevent us from creating behavioral change, even when it will improve our lives.

Many people shy away from making changes that can drastically improve their lives. See if any of the following apply to you:

You tend to justify a bad habit by convincing yourself what you’re doing isn’t “that bad.”

You experience a lot of anxiety about changes to your routine.

Even when you’re in a bad situation, you worry that making a change might make things worse.

Whenever you attempt to make a change, you struggle to stick with it.

When your boss, family, or friends make changes that affect you, it’s difficult for you to adapt.

You think a lot about making changes but put off doing anything different until later.

You worry that any changes you make aren’t likely to last.

The thought of stepping outside your comfort zone just seems too scary.

You lack the motivation to create positive change because it’s too hard.

You make excuses for why you can’t change, like “I’d like to exercise more, but my spouse doesn’t want to go with me.”

You have difficulty recalling the last time you purposely tried to challenge yourself to become better.

You hesitate to do anything new because it just seems like too big of a commitment.

Do any of the above examples sound familiar? Although circumstances can change quickly, humans often change at a much slower pace. Choosing to do something different requires you to adapt your thinking and your behavior, which will likely bring up some uncomfortable emotions. But that doesn’t mean you should shy away from change.