{"id":5491,"date":"2014-08-15T11:13:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T15:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2014-08-15T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T15:13:41","slug":"small-decisions-make-big-life-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us wait for significant life events to kick start life-changing decisions. Whether it\u2019s New Year&#8217;s Day, a reunion, or a big trip that prompts us, we seem to think we need these occasions to create a \u201cgame changer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I recently went to India which was an amazing experience but many people told me it would change my life. Although, it was eye-opening, I didn\u2019t feel like a different person when I arrived home. I appreciated my country more than ever, as well as the beauty and culture of India, but I still felt like the regular old me. I even found myself stuck in the same loops that had previously held me down. None of my problems had changed and none of my tendencies dissipated.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has a different response to traveling \u2013 maybe for some people it truly altered their life and changed their perception of the world. Rather than looking for a transformation I felt it solidified my confidence in the path I\u2019ve chosen. So how is it that we create big life changes? There are three simple rules to live by that can trigger huge shifts in your life.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Small life changes produce big results<\/h3>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t have to take a big trip or an occasion to fire up personal innovation. Committing to small changes can create momentum to affect your lifestyle and overall well-being. My first year of college I had a part-time job at a restaurant that treated their employees terribly. I felt devalued, overworked and under-payed. Over time this was wearing on me physically, mentally and emotionally. I was getting to my breaking-point \u2013 I knew this situation was not fulfilling in nearly every way. I chose to leave the restaurant to pursue a position at a local ski-hill. Not only was I able to satisfy my passion for snowboarding but I also met one of my best friends which later introduced me to the love of my life.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Two words: Self-actualization<\/h3>\n<p>Self-actualization is the key to finding meaning and purpose in your life. Self-actualizing is the act of finding your full potential by living a life that is meaningful \u2013 intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Research states that when someone\u2019s life differs from their true nature and capabilities, they tend to be less happy than people who have lives and goals that harmonize (1). For instance, if you\u2019re passionate about helping children and teaching in schools you won\u2019t be matching your full potential as a banker. Creating significant changes will happen over time if you strive for the best while being your most authentic self.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Letting go of old habits<\/h3>\n<p>After returning from India I realized I was still making some of the same mistakes so I became determined to make changes. Once I set that intention I could see myself making better decisions and taking the steps to be the best \u201cme\u201d possible. Sometimes we make choices due to convenience \u2013 maintaining relationships that are toxic, careers we aren\u2019t appreciated in and behaviors that don\u2019t serve us. Whatever may be holding you back, begin to let go of that habit. It may not be all at once, but taking small strides that are in alignment with your path.<\/p>\n<p>You never need an excuse to create life changes since you have the potential to start today. Don\u2019t forget that it doesn\u2019t have to be big life decisions or events that create an impact \u2013 what we do day-by-day can make a big difference. It\u2019s crazy to think that seemingly small matters would create such traction but in life it really is about the little things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5492\" src=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/amritsar.jpg\" alt=\"amritsar\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><em>Emily Kane is the owner of Yogacara Studios in Whistler, BC. She is a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher with a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of British Columbia. Check out her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogacara.com\">studio<\/a> in the heart of Whistler, or on <a href=\"www.facebook.com\/yogacarastudioshome\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yogacaraglobal\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0Emily also assists in Yoga Teacher Training. Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/yogacarastudios.com\/teachertraining\/\">upcoming schedules<\/a>\u00a0or read more of Emily\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainyoginiblog.com\">articles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us wait for significant life events to kick start life-changing decisions. Whether it\u2019s New Year&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":5494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[593,594,55,218],"class_list":["post-5491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-big-changes","tag-life-changes","tag-wanderlust-whistler","tag-whistler"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.0 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wanderlust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A lot of us wait for significant life events to kick start life-changing decisions. Whether it\u2019s New Year&#8217;s&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wanderlust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/wanderlust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"467\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emily Kane\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emily Kane\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emily Kane\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/60a8407adde14e106e51717e91327bf7\"},\"headline\":\"How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":682,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/mountain.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"big changes\",\"life changes\",\"Wanderlust Whistler\",\"Whistler\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiration\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/mountain.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/mountain.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/mountain.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":467},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/journal\\\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wanderlust\",\"description\":\"Your guidepost on the path towards a healthy &amp; inspired life. Find your true north.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wanderlust\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WL_Logo_Grey-05.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WL_Logo_Grey-05.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Wanderlust\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/wanderlust\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/wanderlustfest\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/wanderlustfest\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/wanderlustfestival\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/wanderlustfest\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/wanderlustfestival\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/60a8407adde14e106e51717e91327bf7\",\"name\":\"Emily Kane\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Emily Kane\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wanderlust.com\\\/es\\\/journal\\\/author\\\/emilykane\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wanderlust","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_description":"A lot of us wait for significant life events to kick start life-changing decisions. Whether it\u2019s New Year&#8217;s&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/","og_site_name":"Wanderlust","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/wanderlust","article_published_time":"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":467,"url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Emily Kane","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Emily Kane","Tiempo de lectura":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/"},"author":{"name":"Emily Kane","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60a8407adde14e106e51717e91327bf7"},"headline":"How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes","datePublished":"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/"},"wordCount":682,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg","keywords":["big changes","life changes","Wanderlust Whistler","Whistler"],"articleSection":["Inspiration"],"inLanguage":"es-ES","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/","url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/","name":"","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg","datePublished":"2014-08-15T15:13:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-ES","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mountain.jpg","width":700,"height":467},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/","name":"Wanderlust","description":"Your guidepost on the path towards a healthy &amp; inspired life. Find your true north.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-ES"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#organization","name":"Wanderlust","url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WL_Logo_Grey-05.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WL_Logo_Grey-05.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Wanderlust"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/wanderlust","https:\/\/x.com\/wanderlustfest","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wanderlustfest\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/wanderlustfestival","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/wanderlustfest","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wanderlustfestival"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/#\/schema\/person\/60a8407adde14e106e51717e91327bf7","name":"Emily Kane","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663e5da67e2b55be8324b0e9ac6a02cefd16bd9d63164120dea0869e31680d6b?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Emily Kane"},"url":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/journal\/author\/emilykane\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}