⏱️ The Best Minute: What motivation is (and is not) good for
💡 1 IDEA FROM ME
If relying on motivation is your primary driver, you will never reach your goal(s). It’s great at getting you started, but it can’t get you to the finish line. Motivation comes and goes and often wanes over time.
You were motivated to eat better, but comfort eating is hard to break
You were motivated to read more, but scrolling social media is so much easier
You were motivated to learn code, but you’re overwhelmed by how much you still have to learn
Remember: nearly everything takes longer than you think. Typically, if someone makes something look easy, it’s not. They themselves spent a lot of hours on it. The best thing to do once you become motivated to take action is to determine what small and doable practices you will implement to help you achieve your goal. Then, it is your habits, not your motivation, that will carry you.
If you want to get in shape but don’t currently workout, a small and doable practice is not going to the gym 5 times a week. But it might be doing three 15-minute workouts from home a week.
If you want to cook more dinners at home, a small and doable practice is not to go from eating out 5 times a week to only once a week. But it might be meal planning two basic dinners you will make each week.
Make sure your practices are small and doable. If you stick to them, it will be easy for you to go from two to three times a week, and then more.
Remember: Motivation to start. Habits to finish.
💬 2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Simone Weil on the value of risk:
“Risk is an essential need of the soul. The absence of risk produces a kind of boredom which paralyzes in a different way from fear, but almost as much.”
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II. Oscar Wilde on being grateful for what you avoid:
“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.”
💯 1 THING I RECOMMEND
Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew Wilson
This book delivers on its title. Why is it that the Western world and its ideals came to dominate the world? How did we come to believe and behave as we do today? It is scholarly yet readable. If you enjoy books about history, I would highly recommend this to you.
🤯 1 INTERESTING FACT
The capacity of the bladder can vary among individuals but is typically around 400-600 milliliters (13-20 fluid ounces). The sensation of needing to urinate is triggered when the bladder is about half full, which is approximately 200-300 milliliters (7-10 fluid ounces).
Source: Facts
🤔 1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
In the rooms where you spend most of your time, is there anything you need to change about those spaces to make your good habits easier to accomplish?
