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Katy Bowman

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Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

So, you know, if you're a parent, you value perhaps taking care of your kid, but when the kid wakes up in the middle of the night and they're sick or they need something, you don't really want to do it. You're just like, oh, you know, I'm so exhausted. I'd rather stay here. in bed, but you value that so you get up anyway.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

So, you know, if you're a parent, you value perhaps taking care of your kid, but when the kid wakes up in the middle of the night and they're sick or they need something, you don't really want to do it. You're just like, oh, you know, I'm so exhausted. I'd rather stay here. in bed, but you value that so you get up anyway.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And so how do you recognize the values that you have around not necessarily exercise, but staying, keeping up your physical capacity. And once you identify those, then you can use those to sort of draft behind even when emotionally, you're feeling like you're not up to it. That's how you're going to motivate yourself day after day after day.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And so how do you recognize the values that you have around not necessarily exercise, but staying, keeping up your physical capacity. And once you identify those, then you can use those to sort of draft behind even when emotionally, you're feeling like you're not up to it. That's how you're going to motivate yourself day after day after day.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And so how do you recognize the values that you have around not necessarily exercise, but staying, keeping up your physical capacity. And once you identify those, then you can use those to sort of draft behind even when emotionally, you're feeling like you're not up to it. That's how you're going to motivate yourself day after day after day.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

I think I would look for... places of moving that are easiest for you so if going i mean going to the gym five days a week from nothing that's a really big goal that you set yourself up for so what if it was something more like i'm going to start taking a walk every morning and then you have to again draft behind those values so maybe it's like i noticed that if i

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

I think I would look for... places of moving that are easiest for you so if going i mean going to the gym five days a week from nothing that's a really big goal that you set yourself up for so what if it was something more like i'm going to start taking a walk every morning and then you have to again draft behind those values so maybe it's like i noticed that if i

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

I think I would look for... places of moving that are easiest for you so if going i mean going to the gym five days a week from nothing that's a really big goal that you set yourself up for so what if it was something more like i'm going to start taking a walk every morning and then you have to again draft behind those values so maybe it's like i noticed that if i

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

if you value connection with people in your family, it's like, I'm going to maybe ask my spouse or my child to get up and walk with me for 20 minutes in the morning. Or maybe you're going to walk your

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

if you value connection with people in your family, it's like, I'm going to maybe ask my spouse or my child to get up and walk with me for 20 minutes in the morning. Or maybe you're going to walk your

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

if you value connection with people in your family, it's like, I'm going to maybe ask my spouse or my child to get up and walk with me for 20 minutes in the morning. Or maybe you're going to walk your

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

kids to school or maybe you want to walk your dog because that's a high value is to making sure you take care of those animals and then you set up that practice with something that's doable that doesn't have as many physical stumbling blocks that's not so easily derailed and then maybe you're trying to get to the gym once a week so not over promising yourself is a big one and then also

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

kids to school or maybe you want to walk your dog because that's a high value is to making sure you take care of those animals and then you set up that practice with something that's doable that doesn't have as many physical stumbling blocks that's not so easily derailed and then maybe you're trying to get to the gym once a week so not over promising yourself is a big one and then also

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

kids to school or maybe you want to walk your dog because that's a high value is to making sure you take care of those animals and then you set up that practice with something that's doable that doesn't have as many physical stumbling blocks that's not so easily derailed and then maybe you're trying to get to the gym once a week so not over promising yourself is a big one and then also

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

Staying flexible with what you are defining as exercise. So going to the gym five days a week, what is your plan for if your boss is requiring that you stay afterwards? Like, how are you going to adjust your entire schedule around this? spontaneous that thing that comes up.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

Staying flexible with what you are defining as exercise. So going to the gym five days a week, what is your plan for if your boss is requiring that you stay afterwards? Like, how are you going to adjust your entire schedule around this? spontaneous that thing that comes up.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

Staying flexible with what you are defining as exercise. So going to the gym five days a week, what is your plan for if your boss is requiring that you stay afterwards? Like, how are you going to adjust your entire schedule around this? spontaneous that thing that comes up.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And then once you tend to miss one, then you're like, are you to the point where you throw your hands up in the air and you're like, well, I can't do any of it because I missed Wednesday. Now, none of it's good. So now I'm not going to go Thursday and Friday. Or do you have a backup plan where, well, if I don't get to the gym, what I will do then is

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And then once you tend to miss one, then you're like, are you to the point where you throw your hands up in the air and you're like, well, I can't do any of it because I missed Wednesday. Now, none of it's good. So now I'm not going to go Thursday and Friday. Or do you have a backup plan where, well, if I don't get to the gym, what I will do then is

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History and Psychology of Board Games & Cracking the Fitness Code

And then once you tend to miss one, then you're like, are you to the point where you throw your hands up in the air and you're like, well, I can't do any of it because I missed Wednesday. Now, none of it's good. So now I'm not going to go Thursday and Friday. Or do you have a backup plan where, well, if I don't get to the gym, what I will do then is