One little thing

It's hard for most of us to overcome inertia. We may know we're in a rut, or stuck, but we can't work out what to change to make, we can't work out what's for the best. We avoid small changes because we're saving up to make big changes… any minute now.

My experience tells me that when we're caught by inertia, we can overcome it with one little thing. Choose something to change (it can be anything) and do that.

• Walk to work by a different route.
• Buy a different brand of something at the supermarket.
• Wear your underpants on your head instead of where you usually. (Ok, maybe not that one.)
• Eat half that chocolate bar instead of the whole one.
• Update one item on your resume, just in case.
• Send that 'thinking of you' card to a distant friend.
• Do 5 sit ups or a brisk 20 minute walk.
• Buy a plane ticket.
• Plant a flower or a tree.
• Decline an invitation you'd usually accept only out of politeness.

One little thing can make a big difference.