Falling in discipline Life is not boring

We all have goals and dreams that we want to fulfill, but it can be difficult to stay focused towards them and stick with them. Each week, I hear from people and my friends who say things like, “I start with good intentions or I will stick to my diet, but we can't seem to maintain the consistency for a long period of time Or, they will say, “I struggle with mental endurance or the time management or sometimes we get lazy. I get started but I can’t seem to follow through and stay focused for very long. Don't worry. I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else. Many consider self-discipline with good moral life which ends up creating lot of shame when we fail. Seeing self-discipline in terms of pure willpower fails because beating ourselves up for not trying hard enough doesn’t work. In fact, it backfires. And, as anyone who has ever tried to go on a diet will tell you, it usually only makes it worse. The problem is that willpower works like a muscle. If you work it too hard, it becomes fatigued and gives out. The first week committing to a new diet, or a new workout regimen, or a new morning routine, things go great. But by the second or third week, you’re back to your old late-night, Cheeto-loving ways, Viewing self-discipline in terms of willpower creates a paradox for the simple reason that it’s not true. As we’ll see, building self-discipline in your own life is a completely different exercise. So a life lived with discipline is never boring. It makes your life much more happening and desirable. Discipline gives you freedom to execute your plans on time. It always helps in making time for most productive things in life that we want to achieve.  You create discipline by creating habits. Once something becomes a habit, you no longer need willpower to force yourself to do it. For example, one of my goals was to do more yoga. I made a commitment to do it 30 minutes a day for 30 days. I saw such benefits that I stuck with it. Now I get up an hour earlier in the morning to start my day off with an hour of yoga … without having to set an alarm. Stop making excuses. Don’t wait for tomorrow; do it now. Fall off the wagon? Start over immediately. Quit telling yourself something is too difficult or that you can’t change that situation. Don’t blame Other people for your circumstances that you’re facing in life. Excuse-making is the killer of self-discipline and consistency you can achieve more by adopting a mindset “I can do this”.

You are the master of your destiny, the creator of your life. If you want your destiny to look and feel a certain way, then you must develop the discipline to get there. While it seems implausible, you will find yourself happier and healthier the more self-disciplined you become.