Behavioural Vitamins

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You may be wondering what vitamins have to do with career change or why a career counsellor would be writing about them. Please bear with me. I promise I have a relevant point.

One time I had a blood test and my doctor told me I needed to start taking Vitamin D. ⁠ So I did. I also tried to spend a little extra time outdoors every day to soak up a little bit more. I called it my behavioural vitamin.⁠ Since then, I try to pay attention to the small behaviours that I believe might be as good for me as my vitamins.⁠ When things feel hectic, or uncertain, or I'm just simply not "in the mood" to do something, I can follow my plan and not my mood, starting with taking my behavioural vitamin. ⁠ ⁠Making a phone call I don't "feel" like making by counting backwards 5-4-3-2-1 and then just doing it. That small behaviour then reminds me "oh yes, I am a person who gets things done". This boosts my mood a bit and leads to a shot of actual motivation. I've come to realize that waiting for motivation or inspiration doesn't always work. Often, I need to decide to be motivated and inspired by starting with action rather than with how I'm feeling. ⁠ ⁠Sometimes I take my "just five minutes" behavioural vitamin. I don't "feel" like doing X? "Okay, I'll commit to just 5 minutes". After 5 minutes I can stop and do something else or keep going longer. Before I know it, I'm back sticking to my plan. The behaviour reminds me that I'm a person who can stick to a schedule. Often that's all I needed.

I'm actually not a big fan of continuing to do things longer term that feel terrible or ignoring my feelings in general but when I know there's something I actually WANT to do but just don't feel like it, this can help.⁠ ⁠Keep your behavioural vitamins handy. They can be taken daily. :)

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