I can’t stop thinking about how unfair it is that creating a healthy lifestyle is difficult. Oh how nice would it be if my brain and body wanted to wake up early everyday and walk to the gym instead of sleeping through my first class. If my stomach craved spinach instead of pasta and mashed potatoes. If my first reading pick is a NY Times news article instead of the latest Sarah J. Mass fantasy book. If I journaled and reflected on my day before I slept instead of mindlessly scrolling through cooking videos on TikTok.
How unfair is it that my natural body aches for the very things that slowly weaken it. Everybody wants to get fit and have a nice body. Everyone wants to eat healthy. Everyone wants to become more knowledgeable (at least everyone should). So why isn't the world loaded with athletic intellectuals?
Habits are so unbelievably difficult to create and even harder to change. After eighteen years of life, I have yet to consistently workout for more than four months. Even once the habit is created, breaking it is still so tempting. Months of hard work and resilience can go to waste because of one day. Oh how unfair becoming the best version of you is.
Changing your lifestyle can only be approached day by day. Looking any further into the future makes it easier to skip a step. The difficult decision of doing something that is actually good for you must be made everyday or the habit will never endure. I don't really have any other advice, as I haven't been able to instill any long-lasting habits, but I really do want to learn. Complaining is the leading cause of not accomplishing your goals, proven by my life experiences.
Here are my daily goals:
- Journaling every night
- Eating more greens and less carbs
- Reading/listening to the news
- Practice spanish
- Reading books that will change the way I think
- Exercise in some fashion
I am putting these down in writing in order to hold myself accountable. This post was my last complaint and the last time I will make an excuse for my current, mediocre lifestyle. See you at the monthly check-in.
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