Habit: set up to succeed

I changed my gym at the beginning of the year, and if you have been following my blog, you will realize the glaring difference in the gyms. My new gym has better equipment and the subscription is not that expensive compared to my former gym, which had less equipment with a higher subscription. That is one of the main reasons I changed in the first place. However, my new gym is far from my house, but I have still not missed a day because going to the gym is already a routine, and I have mastered going to the gym even when I am tired. However, this is not the case for everybody.

When anybody in my street walks up to me to ask where I work out and how they can register, I used to tell them about my new gym and how far it is. My advice for them is always to register at my former gym because I want success for them. However, some people think I don't want them to join the new gym. There is a particular guy who registered at my new gym but only showed up for a few days and then stopped coming. When I asked him why, he said he could not keep up, but I believe the real reason is that he hasn't built a routine around it.

They set up to fail

When starting something new, it's important to do it in a way that is convenient for you and won't cause unnecessary stress. For example, someone registered at a gym that was far away, setting themselves up for failure. Going to the gym is already a challenge, so registering at a distant gym is a barrier that can prevent someone from going. Many people sabotage their efforts for positive change by setting themselves up to fail in this way.

It's like trying to resist the urge to drink ice cream when you have a bunch of them in the fridge or trying to quit drinking while having various bottles of alcohol on your shelf. It simply means that you're not ready. Oftentimes, when we make it hard for ourselves to change by not taking it slow or trying to imitate someone who has already succeeded, we set ourselves up for failure. We need to realize that what works for one person might not work for another, and we have to start slowly to achieve our goal.

Remove them all

It's crucial to make changing easy and comfortable. We need to remove any connections to what we're trying to change, as these connections can make it easy for us to revert back. We should avoid putting ourselves in tough or struggling situations. As time goes on, we can gradually increase the difficulty, once we've established a routine. If we're new to something and make it too difficult from the start, we're setting ourselves up for failure, we must not copy anybody we must try and move at our own pace.

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