Years ago a friend gave me a book titled, One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way
I was in a place where I was unhappy with the way my life was going. I was overweight and in a life stealing job, everything just seemed to be wrong.

The principles of the book has stuck with me, though I haven’t accomplished everything I have wanted to (see post It Starts with P and Ends with Rocrastination), I keep telling myself a little at a time will eventually be a lot. I do have a better job; it took some hardships before I got here, but I would never be here without taking small steps to change my life.

Instead of setting large, scary, unfathomable goals…set small short term goals that you can see yourself accomplishing. For example, set a goal to lose 10 pounds instead of the 100 pounds you would eventually like to get rid of. If you want to start exercising but have been a couch potato for the last ten years, start by walking in place in front of the tv during your favorite show instead of registering to run a marathon or joining a gym. This last year…I overcame my fear of the elliptical. It kicked my ass when I first started using it but gradually, increasing the resistance a little at a time, I can burn about 500-600 calories in an hour (Hell Yeah!).

You’ll never know how much you could have accomplished if you NEVER start.
And, if you don’t know where to start…start somewhere, anywhere…just start.