Why Is It Always Hardest to Take Your Own Advice?

Why is it always so hard to take the advice that we can so easily give to others?

When someone you know needs you to lend an ear whether it be on a relationship, a work problem, or just anything at all - the advice that you are able to give just comes so easily.

But, just because you give them the advice in hopes that they will follow it doesn't mean that they always will. Things are always easier said than done, and many times we don't recognize that until we are put in a similar situation ourselves.

Relationship advice for example; it's one of the easiest things for me to give advice on. I listen to what people tell me and put myself in their shoes and then I give them the advice that seems most fitting for their circumstance. And I've always wondered why people continuously ask for the advice if they never end up actually taking it? I don't tell people what they want to hear, I tell them the truth and what they need to hear.

It's not until recently that I've realized that the advice is so easy to listen to and agree with at the time, but when it comes to following through with it - that's the hard part. No one ever notices how difficult taking their own advice can be until they are in a situation that causes them to do so.

While talking to my mom tonight about a situation she asked me "what would you tell a friend in this situation? You always give great advice… Now take your own advice."

Turns out, it's easier said than done but sometimes the only thing left to do is think about the advice you would give another person in your situation, and then take that advice yourself. I guess sometimes theres just no other choice.