Mark Manson

I also think people have misguided expectations in terms of like,

what the result of change should be.

Like, I think people imagine that it's going to be like this euphoric

people cheering confetti falling from the rafters.

Like you're a new person.

Oh my God, you're never gonna be the same again.

And that's just not the case.

What change actually feels like is you start waking up an hour earlier and you start exercising 50% more.

You feel 20% better day to day.

You have a little bit more energy every day.

You have a little bit more patience in your relationships.

You make slightly better decisions.

It's like,

barely above the threshold of perception it's not a ticker tape parade right right there's like no there's no applause for you nobody nobody's like showing up and handing you a a medal or certificate at your front door it's just like okay yeah you're just a slightly more functional human being good job i i also think it comes back to something i said earlier which is like life is practice right and it's those like those little practices you do

It's funny like that we have a bias towards this.

I actually am going through this right now.

All right.

about six months ago i injured my foot yeah and i basically had to stop exercising almost completely for a few months and i got really out of shape and of course i lost a lot of my habits around exercise and everything so i just started exercising fully i would say maybe like six weeks ago again but i'm i'm really struggling to like get my habits back i've definitely lost the consistency that i had for a number of years

And it's funny because I was recently thinking just a day or two ago, I'm like, you know what?

I'm going to do, I'm going to do a 30 for 30 challenge, which is basically do some sort of exercise or physical activity for 30 minutes for 30 days straight.