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1. Stop comparing and competing with others. Everyone has their own path. Focus on yours.

2. Set boundaries & don’t let anyone cross them.

3. Slow down. No phone first thing. Create a schedule so you don’t rush. Create routines. Lower stress and cortisol.

4. Eat whole foods regularly, skipping meals backfires. Nourish your body.

5. Validate yourself. Love yourself first. Being alone doesn’t mean being lonely.

6. Exercise. walk, stretch. Energy shows on your skin.

7. Speak kindly to yourself & others.

8. Have little small rituals. Skincare, tea, journaling, these build inner peace.

* Track overall trends, not daily fluctuations.

* Measure your consistency before you measure outcomes. Sometimes progress is stagnant or delayed, but if you are consistently doing the work that moves you forward, that’s all that matters and the progress will catch up in due time.

* Use your progress to gather information, not to belittle yourself. You can neutrally acknowledge where you haven’t been doing your best and then improve. There’s no need to beat yourself up in the process.

* Take progress photos because mirrors and memories can be misleading.

* Remember that healthy progress is rarely perfectly linear, especially if it’s a long term goal.

* When you reach a plateau, consider that a test of whether you will continue to be consistent or not. It’s pretty much the breaking point between the have’s and the have-not’s.

* Accept that setbacks are part of the process and are experienced by pretty much every person who has dared to go after something they want. You haven’t failed. You just were on an unplanned break. Resume. Now. Literally right now.

* Focus on your very next forward-progressing choice instead of trying to fix everything at once. Like what can you do in the next 5 minutes to get back on the wagon. 

* Identify what caused you to fall off track so you can plan for it next time and avoid it easier.

* Begin with small, manageable habits, not an overly ambitious plan.

* Clear your environment of distractions and make good choices easier. This includes your digital environment.

* Stop waiting for the "perfect" day, week, or month to begin again. Now is the time to take even a tiny step forward. 

* Use your previous progress as evidence that you are capable of succeeding, not as proof of your failure. 

* Set one simple goal for today and build momentum from there. I’m gonna keep telling you to do something today because you will not get back on track without action. Do it todayyyy.

* Always avoid “punishing” yourself with extreme diets/workouts, or overly rigid schedules. Why would you punish yourself for getting back up and moving forward? You should be congratulating yourself, silly. Don’t focus on how long you were down or lost progress, only focus on how you didn’t stay down and are trying again.

* Remember that consistency is built by returning to your habits repeatedly, not by never making mistakes. Literally everyone is making mistakes left and right but we get to the finish line by never giving up on our habits, even if it takes two or three times longer to reach success than we expected it to.

* Treat every setback as information that helps you create a stronger plan moving forward. Learn about yourself and what throws you off. Make a plan for yourself with this newfound knowledge in mind.