We're 16 days deep into 2017. Are you sticking with your resolution? Have you started to slip? Having worked in the fitness industry now for over 10 years, usually about now motivation begins to wain and attendance in gyms start to slide. Commitment to your new diet has already hit a stumbling block or two. That book you said you would get read has gone a day or two with out having turned a page (ok, that may be my confession). The homework for that class you signed up for is starting to weigh on you.
Resolutions...crap their hard.
That's the thing about something like a "New Year Resolution", you start out on fire and sputter out rather quickly. Why? I mean, you were full of gusto just a few days ago, why did the passion fade away so quickly?
Much like a passing fad, the passion for the event or goal lives in the novelty of it. The idea seems great because you know you'll be better for it, but you rapidly grow weary of that idea as life takes it toll on your motivation.
Motivation. Such a dirty little word. Motivation is fickle. It seems hopelessly lost when you need it most, then POOF, there it is at 11pm when you're trying to sleep. Stupid sleep. I guess I really didn't need it anyway.
Here's the secret: forget motivation. What you need is discipline. In order to have discipline, you must have a written out (or typed up) plan that lays out what you will do in spite of motivations presence. It's a prescription that must be followed that helps you take the steps you said you would take in order to get you to the goal you want to achieve.
Screw motivation. It will always leave you in the worst moments like a bad boyfriend/girlfriend. Discipline is the one to marry. It will see you thru the good times and the bad.
Discipline is what makes dreams come true.
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