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I enjoy eating vegetables, especially raw ones.
What I have found difficult to manage is preparing vegetables to eat.
I think of eating vegetables when I’m hungry – usually too hungry to be willing to take the time to wash and chop them. If they aren’t already ready to eat, I’ll eat something less healthy instead. It’s a pattern I wanted to break.
I tried intending that I would wash and chop vegetables at the beginning of my lunch, so they would be at their peak of freshness. And it simply didn’t happen – day after day, month after month.
After some thought, I decided that I would intend to wash and chop any vegetables needed for the next day at the end of my lunch.
I’m delighted to say that this strategy has been working very well for me.
And while I recognize that it would be even healthier if I would wash and chop the vegetables at the beginning of my lunch, I believe that eating vegetables that were washed and chopped the day before is better than eating something else instead.
Better to “Hit Better” than to “Miss Best”
What this experience has taught me is that sometimes it is more effective to aim for “better” than what’s currently happening and do that, than to aim for the best and consistently miss.
Is there somewhere in your life where it would be better to aim for “better” instead of the best?
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