Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton.

This is our consistency 365 series. It is a mini series short episodes in between our

regular full-length Monday and Saturday episodes that are all about pursuing consistency and

implementing strategies no matter what is going on in your life, on your busy days, on

your stressful days, on your emotional days, on your celebratory days, all of the time.

Today I wanted to tell you another conversation that I had with a client recently, and she's

asking my opinion on something. She said, I'm one of those people that I keep looking for

opportunities to do things that I think will motivate me more. I'm sure we've all thought

that if we buy the new shoes or the new leggings that will be more motivated to work out, and

one of the examples she gave and her message to me was, I thought if I replace the back splash

in my kitchen, and my kitchen is more attractive or more my taste, then I'll be more motivated to cook,

and if I'm more motivated to cook, then that'll support my goals. And I'll probably even save money.

And while maybe we haven't had the thought about replacing the back splash for that reason,

I think a lot of people think, well, if I get this new blender or I get these new pots and pans,

it'll probably incentivize me to cook a little bit more. And my feedback to her was

the skill that I want you to build is figuring out how to cook and prepare food, whether you're

motivated to or not, because the new shoes or the new sports bras or the new pots and pans,

the back splash, it'll probably motivate you for a couple of weeks. But then you're just implementing

a strategy to motivate yourself and taking action based on motivation, not taking action based

on consistency. And consistency is acting regardless of how you feel, whether you're motivated or not,

you're doing it because it's what you do. The other thing to consider is that those things that we

might do, the new sneakers, because then we'll be motivated to walk, they fizzle really fast.

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