Jacob Sager Weinstein

Conclude, I don't like this specific vegetable prepared in this specific way.

I'll give you a really...

Maybe this is a weird example, but apples.

You might think you don't like apples, but there are a bazillion different kinds of apples.

There's Cox, Pippin, Gala, Delicious, and having one apple doesn't tell you anything about whether you like even other apples.

let alone whether you like fruits.

Same with exercise.

If you try some sort of exercise and you don't like it, that's an experiment.

It successfully told you one kind of exercise that you don't like.

But that shouldn't be the end of the experiment.

It's a first step.

And that ties into the second overall point that I think is really crucial.

which is the value of incremental change, that you are not going to become an athlete by trying one athletic activity today.

You might not even like it, like I said, but if you try it, whether or not you like it, you've moved yourself one step closer to having a sport or an exercise that you actively enjoy.

And if you keep taking those steps, keep experimenting to find something you like, and then once you like it,

gradually and sustainably increasing what you're doing, you are on a path that will take you to a much healthier and more sustainable place than if you just said, okay, I'm going to do 30 minutes of this thing I hate and just grind through it.

Right, which is totally natural and understandable.

So let me dive into a few specifics, because one thing that can help you keep up with it is if it's a habit, right?

Obviously, habits by their nature, by definition, are things you don't even think about doing.

You just do them.