How to Easily Bounce Back From Inconsistency
Creating a new habit is hard. Getting back into an existing one with consistency is harder.
When the quarantine first started, gyms shut down and as a fitness enthusiast that loved lifting weights, this was a highly unwelcome situation.
I sulked and didn’t work out for the first few days but then I saw that I had two choices — continue whining or make the most out of the situation.
I chose the latter and started working out at home. In the beginning, motivation was at its peak and I was pretty consistent but as time went on and motivation waned, I became irregular.
“The inertia of inconsistency is pretty strong and the more you skip, the more you feel like skipping.”
Once it so happened that I skipped 2 days in a row. Then I skipped the third and before I knew it, I had skipped close to an entire week.
The inertia of inconsistency is pretty strong and the more you skip, the more you feel like skipping. This reminds me of a funny quote,
“Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent.” — Horace Smith
