Is Your Environment Supporting You?

When I was 24, I wasn’t happy with my work, my relationships (or lack of them), nor my body. I decided it was time for change. So I took off to Africa, completely immersing myself in a different environment for 6 months. That knocked me out of my old patterns. When I returned from Africa, I made a decision to get out of the restaurant business, to study photography, and I moved from Vancouver to Victoria.

My environment changed dramatically and so did how I felt about myself. As a result, I lost the extra 25 lbs. I had been carrying since puberty. Granted, I was young, childless, with few responsibilities beyond taking care of myself. Still, this part of my story makes a clear point.

When you are looking to create big change in your life, you have to consider whether your environment is supporting you to live that change. Ignoring this aspect in your game of health and weight is a recipe for failure.

Look at your environment in relation to the physical space that you live and work in, the food and the objects that are in that space, the people that you are in relationship with, the way that you think and feel when you are in your space.

What works to support the goals that you have?
What needs to change?

Your environment reflects who you have been.
What will it need to look like for you to become who you want to be?