This is very popular advice, so it must work for some people, but personally, I hate it.
You're going to have a dysfunctional morning or month or year when you just cannot get to the gym. This is not the time to go "I'm so undisciplined." Doing something consistently is a skill. It must be learned. You learn it by fucking up. Most smokers quit multiple times before they're able to quit. You're going to fail multiple times before you're a regular at the gym.
Far more important than discipline is just being willing to start again, and again, and again.
Quitting smoking over and over won't prevent cancer, only quitting for good will do that.
But that's a pointless thing to say. That kind of absolutist thinking can be demobilizing for a lot of people. I'm trying to frame it as a process so that it's easier for people to become consistent.
You can talk about discipline all you want and it won't do shit in the face of a Dopamine deficiency.
You definitely shouldn't beat yourself up for not going. Always be proud of yourself if you do, but if you don't make it that day that's fine too. You'll start again, like you said.
This is very popular advice, so it must work for some people, but personally, I hate it.
You're going to have a dysfunctional morning or month or year when you just cannot get to the gym. This is not the time to go "I'm so undisciplined." Doing something consistently is a skill. It must be learned. You learn it by fucking up. Most smokers quit multiple times before they're able to quit. You're going to fail multiple times before you're a regular at the gym.
Far more important than discipline is just being willing to start again, and again, and again.
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Quitting smoking over and over won't prevent cancer, only quitting for good will do that.
But that's a pointless thing to say. That kind of absolutist thinking can be demobilizing for a lot of people. I'm trying to frame it as a process so that it's easier for people to become consistent.
You can talk about discipline all you want and it won't do shit in the face of a Dopamine deficiency.
You definitely shouldn't beat yourself up for not going. Always be proud of yourself if you do, but if you don't make it that day that's fine too. You'll start again, like you said.