I heard this phrase, The Space Between Knowing and Doing, in the past few days, and I am not sure where I heard it.  But it resonated with me so much that I want to pen some thoughts about it.

We can all think of examples of this. The ones that come to mind for me include exercising consistently and eating what I know I should eat to stay healthy and within my WeightWatchers plan. There are days that I stay on track with both of these, such as today, and days I don’t, which includes too many days lately. The difference is not in knowing, but in doing. How can I have more days of knowing and doing? Well, that is not complicated, but it isn’t easy. I know what to do, even when I am not doing it. If it was easy, it would not get star billing in this blog.

But enough about me. How are you with this dichotomy between knowing and doing? Your challenge may not be weight control and exercise. It might be too much alcohol, which in my humble opinion, is any alcohol at all. But that may be too severe for you.  You know how much is too much for you. But knowing and doing in this area may be your challenge. If it is, when will you get in control of it?

To get in control we first of all have to be willing to do so.  It will never work for someone else to want us to be in control of whatever is controlling us. As adults, we must face the facts and be willing to do the work.

What do you Know? What are you willing to Do?