Staying Objective
The concept of "self" is one of the most critical, and yet potentially anxiety inducing aspects of existence. It allow...
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A great read! Thank you!
Regarding running... I’ve been doing it for the past 275 days and it’s now something I couldn’t live off of. I love it now although I didn’t enjoy it this much at the beginning...
I can see how my mind and body reacts to it and it’s just so powerful! I don’t run a lot, around 15-20 mins per day, but the benefits are huge!!
So glad you like it. Also it’s inspiring to hear the end game for running, will help me keep getting out there. Thanks for sharing.
" If you stop viewing yourself as "you", and instead as a meat container that can be trained to do things automatically, the possibilities are infinite."
This particular line make sense to me sometimes when I get frustrated with what I am doing when I don't want to do it.
Thanks for the article. It was worth reading.
So glad it resonated with you! It’s so easy to forget that our choices are more than just what we think.
Getting to the point where you can really trust your conscious self over your basic emotions/impulses is key to long term happiness.
Completely agree ! i'm still trying to get some habits, it's about 1 year.. probably i have to change approach. i think that some habits about healthy food, physical activities can need more time, especially because maybe after a while, you could interrupt them. Anyway, great article, good points !
I think each healthy habit you acquire makes the next one a little bit easier because you are a healthier person making the choice.
Nice post Ryland, didn't read 'The Power of Habit' yet though. Anything about breaking bad habits? I understand it depends of a lot of factors too (smoking for 10 years x 1 year) and the habit itself, but do they talk about a similar timeline to make this bad habit weaker and eventually vanish?
I've had to break a lot of bad habits. Specifically with smoking it's a bit complex because there is a real physical dependence there. That being said, for most people the psychological addiction is actually the harder one to break.
My number one tip for breaking a bad habit is to not do that at all. Instead, focus entirely on building new good habits, and use your current bad habit as the reward mechanism. As long as you're building healthy habits, eventually they will improve your health, mood, attitude enough, that you can make a serious attempt at quitting the bad habit for good.
Most people who are doing something unhealthy and try to quit fail. They fail because they don't have an internal support system prepared to handled the change. Make sure you're healthy as possible, this will give you a good chance of succeeding.
If you have more questions feel free to ask!
Thanks for the article, really interesting, I've started to work out recently for the first time ever so nice to have some tactics going in :)
Wanted to share this little app that gamifys good habit formation, it's super fun and a great community too, some people might get a kick out of it:
habitica.com
That's a really cool idea. Gamification never really worked for me but I know it helps a lot of people.
Good luck on working out! Make sure to stick with it.
I had not seen the 3 R's of habit formation graphic before, very cool way to visualize it.
It’s super cool. Highly recommend reading the original post that image came from too!
Before even reading I checked to see if "The Power of Habit" was mentioned. Good read, a pretty good tldr for "The Power of Habit"
I take that as a great compliment
There must be discipline.
youtube.com/watch?v=SzjwVeEHj5I
Motivation is fleeting, discipline is always!