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I’m of the belief that doing just about anything every single day for a year will change your life! A key for me has been to “lower the bar” so that I can keep
by gnatman 7mo ago
I’m of the belief that doing just about anything every single day for a year will change your life! A key for me has been to “lower the bar” so that I can keep the promise to myself and maintain momentum through days of low energy or enthusiasm, e.g. playing the guitar for 1 minute, or writing 1 sentence.
- toxik 7mo agoSimilarly, just showing up at the gym/hobby/sport is huge. Even if you do next to nothing.
- Insanity 7mo agoYeah I go bouldering even on off days to “stay in the rhythm”. And I do have honestly terrible days where I feel I’m struggling climbs of even a grade below my comfort level, but at least I went lol.
- renjimen 7mo agoHow do you stay injury free climbing every day? I feel like at even twice week I am entering the danger zone with ligamentisis.
- HalfCrimp 7mo agoI suspect they mean "days that I deal off" rather than "every day". Even elite climbers struggle with ligament issues climbing every single day
- irishcoffee 7mo agoSomeone said it, I forget who: 90% of life is just showing up
- idontwantthis 7mo agoEspecially true for friendship. If you want friends, all you have to do is be in the same place with the same people regularly.
- irishcoffee 7mo agoI think I recognize your handle, and I’m not sure we agree on much, but because of your comment I’m seeing a friend I haven’t seen in a decade. I sincerely thank you for the nudge.
- idontwantthis 7mo agoI'm glad I could help! Do you mean you recognize my handle from previous interactions on here or in another setting? I haven't used this one anywhere else.
- irishcoffee 7mo agoJust here. I’m not a prolific World Wide Web traveler.
- tonyedgecombe 7mo agoI think it was Woody Allen.
- pavel_lishin 7mo agoThe best form of exercise is the one you can consistently stick with. For me, that got shot down in flames over the winter because I kept getting sick. :/
- david927 7mo agoI didn't go to the gym a single day for November and December and it was heart-breaking when I started again in January how much I had set back. But slowly I got back to a good rate again. A week ago someone asked why I was going to the gym that evening and I said, "Because it will make going tomorrow so much easier." Start again.
- lostlogin 7mo agoI’m cycled almost ever day for a few years them took a 6 week holiday where we walked 15-20k steps per day. I thought that I’d be ok when I got back on the bike. I was not ok.
- tom1337 7mo agoa stranger i once talked to at the gym told me "every workout is better than the workout you are not doing" and that kinda changed my perspective on that topic.
- bonestamp2 7mo agoAtomic Habits is a great book for little things like this that make a big difference when compounded with time.
- Nevermark 7mo agoI imagine reading a book about habits every day for a year would be life changing. :)
- gloryjulio 7mo agoIt's basically a form of meditation. It's a great way to get your life back on track
- simonw 7mo agoYeah, doing a small thing daily can add up so fast. When I started my niche-musueums.com website I bootstrapped it by posting a new museum I had been to every day for a month. It took 15-30 minutes a day and within a few weeks I had a site I was really proud of. I think the key is to give yourself permission to stop without feeling guilty about it. Any time I start a new streak like this I deliberately tell myself that it's not going to be forever and I can stop any time for any reason.
- srik 7mo agoI love your website! Your url has a typo, here's it fixed in the meantime https://www.niche-museums.com https://www.niche-museums.com
- underlipton 7mo agoI took a 20-minute walk every day for a year. I don't know that it changed my life, but I think it kept me healthier than I otherwise would have been at the height of the pandemic, and it also gave me a point of pride in saying that I had the resolve and discipline to do something every day for a full year, come what may (did?). It taught me the importance of ritual, and it also taught me how... incredibly imperceptive a lot of people are. (I was living with a family member at the time, who was constantly asking me if I was "getting out of the house" regularly. Yes. Every day. For a month, and then 3 months, and then half-a-year, and then almost a full year, and then more than a year. On that note, it's essential to not let others' expectations cloud your appreciation for what you're doing. Somehow, it had wormed its way into my subconscious rationale that part of the reason that I was taking my walks was to live up to their expectations. When it became clear that they didn't really care - at least not enough to notice - that kind of deflated things a bit.)
- beeflet 7mo agoThat's
- xxs 7mo ago>lower the bar the classic: "aim low, avoid disappointment"
- nicbou 7mo agoThe hardest step is usually getting started, at least for me. Reducing the cost of getting started feels like half the job. This usually means having the supplies ready and the tools out.
- tgv 7mo agoThat's definitely not universal. I play/practice music, almost every day for at least 30 minutes, and it has no influence on my life, as far as I can tell. I cannot imagine that playing the guitar for a minute has any.
- ericyd 7mo agoIt feels bizarre to claim that playing guitar for 30 minutes a day has no influence on your life. Surely it brings you joy or satisfaction or keeps your skills up if you're a professional. Why do you do it if there's no influence? Couldn't you use that time for something else?