What should you do next?

I’ve struggled to maintain my weight within a healthy range all my life.

This morning I stepped on the scale and was eighteen pounds over my “ideal” weight.

What should I do?

Reduce my caloric intake?

Increase my water consumption?

Add more movement to my day?

Order one of the many “miracle” weight loss supplements populating my social media feeds?

Liposuction, hypnosis, gastric bypass surgery?

Actually, I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing.

Why?

Because a week ago, I was twenty-one pounds over my target weight. In other words, my weight is trending down.

Some days my weight is a little up, some days a little down.

But my rolling average over time is heading in the right direction.

When trying to make meaningful progress in worthwhile endeavors, it’s easy to look at a snapshot out of context and feel like we’re not advancing toward our goals.

But making headway in endeavors that matter is more like a motion picture than a snapshot.

Improvement (or decline) in the difference you’re trying to make unfolds over time.

Mind the trends.

The answer to “What should I do? is always “It depends.”

Making a bigger difference requires making better decisions.

And making better decisions requires context.

What really matters?

What’s really going on?

What next smallest viable step will get you closer to where you really want to be?

Scott Perry, Encore Life Coach at The Art of Encore Living

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