Have you ever watched a snowball rolling down a hill? The further it goes, the bigger it gets and the more it accumulates. Life is the same – as we roll through life we accumulate.

The challenge is to accumulate in a way that leads to good health, good relationships and a better lifestyle. Bad habits might not seem at all harmful today, but what about the accumulated effect of those bad habits over five years or ten years? This is a trap that many people fall into without even realizing. Unless you are conscious of the things that may be harming your health, your relationships or your wealth, you can end up accumulating a lot of regret and a lot of debt over a period of years.

The key in all of this is to be aware that life is a numbers game. If your expenses are a little higher than your income then you will gradually fall behind on paying your bills. If that cream cake you eat each day, without any exercise, causes you to gain one pound in weight each month then after ten years you can expect to be around one hundred and twenty pounds heavier than you are today. Both of those problems have simple answers. In the first problem you can either reduce your expenses or increase your income. In the second you can cut down on the number of cakes you eat each week and set aside some time to do some exercise.

Once you have that awareness of your bad habits, or the things that may be doing damage to your health or lifestyle then it is entirely in your hands whether you fix those problems or allow them to drive your life in the wrong direction.

Now would be a great time to take responsibility for where your life is today and where you are headed. Unless you have allowed other people to make every decision in your life up to this point in time, then the major influence on your life and lifestyle has been… you.

By taking responsibility you are relegating any excuses to the past and moving forward with  complete control over your future health and lifestyle. It is a very empowering feeling, knowing that you can tear up your ‘life’ script from the past five years and write yourself a new, healthier and happier future.

Take some time out today to go over any bad habits you might think are holding you back and develop a plan to change those bad habits!