On Gym Discipline: Nudge Yourself Towards Consistency

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by omarelb • 3 years ago

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rektide• 3 years ago

Flipping the bit to default on for biking to work at my last job was such a huge change, won mostly by a couple months nudges.

There's a general interest of mine in of trying to make effective habits. Questioning what's about & inquiring, what would be a good choice here, & trying to make it happen. Making this a broad pattern we apply regularly, with habit, across situations.

A positive outlook isn't about discipline: that's a negative framing of the effort. The positive take is doing good things, that lead to better conditions latter.

omarelb• 3 years ago

Hey, first of all, thanks for being the first reply on my first post ever!

Congrats on achieving the change! I like your framing of the positive take, as I too definitely believe we accomplish things by taking small steps in the right direction.

I also get where you're coming from with regards to discipline; I hadn't thought of it that way yet, as it being something that "forces" us to do something we actually don't want to be doing. I also think you can approach it from a positive side though, as being a kind of "habit" that you have built through intentional, hard work.

On Gym Discipline: Nudge Yourself Towards Consistency

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