They say it takes two weeks to develop a routine that sticks with you. I guess it's true, after all, it took about that long to get addicted to coke and same amount of time to get hooked on benzos or on dopiates. I said goodbye to that stuff long ago but I've still felt like a delinquent in life.
I realize now that it's been many many weeks since I started dedicating myself to building up my body to a higher level and it really does feel a lot more like fun nowadays than like the chore it would feel like as I'd put an effort in and fall off the progress wagon before the two weeks it'd take to build a routine.
What I did differently this time versus in the past was that I didn't overextend myself; I truly rolled into it from a humble start and now that my fitness is increasing it's become easy to start ramping up my efforts and really sweat it out.
This has galvanized my resolve to start building new routines into my life. I've taken up drawing and started writing consistently, and I'm slowly building myself up in these things too. I might only write a paragraph each day, as long as I write that paragraph it gets easier. Likewise, I only draw one thing on one page but as long as I keep doing that every day I can look back and see progress.
A journey of a thousand miles definitely still begins with the first step, but I think it's worth adding that the first step needs to be practiced until it becomes a second nature or the journey may just become another means to an end that finishes whenever the traveller gets bored or sees a pub by the roadside.
I realize now that it's been many many weeks since I started dedicating myself to building up my body to a higher level and it really does feel a lot more like fun nowadays than like the chore it would feel like as I'd put an effort in and fall off the progress wagon before the two weeks it'd take to build a routine.
What I did differently this time versus in the past was that I didn't overextend myself; I truly rolled into it from a humble start and now that my fitness is increasing it's become easy to start ramping up my efforts and really sweat it out.
This has galvanized my resolve to start building new routines into my life. I've taken up drawing and started writing consistently, and I'm slowly building myself up in these things too. I might only write a paragraph each day, as long as I write that paragraph it gets easier. Likewise, I only draw one thing on one page but as long as I keep doing that every day I can look back and see progress.
A journey of a thousand miles definitely still begins with the first step, but I think it's worth adding that the first step needs to be practiced until it becomes a second nature or the journey may just become another means to an end that finishes whenever the traveller gets bored or sees a pub by the roadside.