Motivation vs. Discipline Mash Up: Why Habits Win
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This is the Pursuit of Wellness podcast and I'm your host Mari Llewellyn. What is up guys? Welcome back to the show and we are talking motivation and productivity tips. We all have had feelings of motivation before, but they don't stay very long. Motivation is a fleeting feeling and discipline is a consistent habit that allows you to take action even when you don't feel like it. It's all about building habits that you do regardless of whether you feel like it or not. This will allow you to do anything in life. When I first started my journey, I struggled to wake up early because it was new for me. I struggled to pass up a sweet treat because that was new for me. I struggled to get to the gym when I was tired or it was cold.
I struggled getting in all my steps because I didn't want to. I struggled driving back and forth from New York to Philly to get my degree. I struggled sitting at the But after a while, I stopped even thinking about it. It stopped being a choice and it just started to be my lifestyle. Things started to feel way more comfortable. And that's how it becomes your life. It's how it becomes who you are. Your habits become your new identity. What is currently holding you back? Is it that you need to wake up earlier? Are you not achieving enough in the day? Do you need to create more hours in your day? When I first started my fitness journey and I started all these new habits, at first it was so uncomfortable. But the more I did it, the more comfortable it became.
The more I kept my own promises, the more confident I got. What are some things you can do to set yourself up for success every single day? I am someone who absolutely loves the calendar. If it's not in the Google calendar, I'm not doing it. I like to time block. I like to see everything that's happening from workouts to socializing to meetings to podcast recordings to vacations to flights. Every single thing is in my calendar. What can you do to make things easy for yourself? For me, every time I went to the gym, I needed to bring a plan. Otherwise, I'd end up going, feeling confused, overwhelmed, and leaving early. Go to the gym with a plan. Maybe you struggle with nutrition. Go to the grocery store with a meal plan and a list.
This was huge for me when I started my weight loss journey. looking up meals that I wanted to make, making sure they were healthy, high protein, writing down all the ingredients I needed, going to the grocery store with a plan, meal prepping on Sunday nights, making sure everything's ready to go, get yourself ready and in a headspace where things are easy to check off and easy to achieve. It's not just about checking boxes, but doing things that make you feel whole. When I was going through my fitness journey, yes, I was definitely eating healthy, I was exercising, I was doing all the right things, but I also was mentally improving. I was getting more and more confident every single day, finding happiness in doing hard things.
I think this is a really important piece of the puzzle and finding tools that keep you happy is so important. Having the power to control our time, our minds and get the most out of our days is It's really one of the most powerful tools we have. I don't do things lightly.
I don't try to do anything in life. Like if I'm saying yes, I'm saying yes. And like, I'm not gonna try to work out. I'm working out five times a week and like I'm gonna be super disciplined in that. Day one, I join a CrossFit gym And it was really intense. But what I loved about it was the community. And when you're early on, like y'all, I didn't even own a pair of walking shoes at this point. I maybe had one pair of leggings and then went to Target and bought the same workout top in three colors. It was basically a tight bra that then like popped out and was like loose around my stomach. Yeah, like a peplum. Because God forbid, I felt like a stuffed sausage in every single workout outfit. And I'm wearing like extra, extra larges.
Like I didn't even have any association with my size at the time.
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