{"id":1561,"date":"2018-11-05T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T02:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanwold.seguru.digital\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2019-05-24T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:27:27","slug":"400-days-of-pushups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bf0cd40f-7ebb-43c9-a4ea-50b260f6ecbb.express.conves.io\/400-days-of-pushups\/","title":{"rendered":"400 days of pushups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m excited! 400 days ago I decided that I would do at least 4 sets of pushups a day. And I’ve done it! I haven’t missed a\u00a0single\u00a0<\/em>day since.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also gone from being able to barely complete a total of 4 pushups per day (1 pushup for each “set”) to, starting last week, a minimum of 100 pushups per day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that’s all that I’d done, I’d be happy.. but it turned out that pushups were just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I shared in my tiny habits story<\/a>, pushups became a catalyst for a wide range of habit experiments that, today, culminate in more than 20 different habits I track.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, today was day 324 of taking a cold shower.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s also (work) day 54 of spending 5 minutes or more processing Slack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s great. There’s more, though. I’ve experienced a benefit I didn’t expect.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See, I had a difficult week last week. I had some strong “down” moments where I really didn’t feel like doing much of anything. There were good things happening, but it just wasn’t clicking for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to stay in bed, do nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt overwhelmed on multiple fronts and I was feeling “all done”.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I turned to my habits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See, they’re all tiny, ridiculously so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one particularly difficult day last week I decided to embrace how I was feeling. I made myself a deal. “Just finish off the habits left on your list and you can call it a day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I got to work, spending 5 minutes here, 2 minutes there, working through my list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two things happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I got through the list and felt\u00a0accomplished<\/em>.\u00a0<\/li>
  2. I spent more time on several of the items that I needed to, and didn’t mind.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Whereas in the past I might have just called the day a loss or fumbled awkwardly (and unproductively) through it I was able to use\u00a0tiny\u00a0<\/em>habits to propel me towards progress and maintain momentum, without relying on feeling motivated to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And that’s all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Oh, today is also day 33 of working on my Tiny Habits book! If you’d like to get a copy when it ships in December, pre-order today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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