Short-term pain is often necessary for reaching long-term goals.
Forging your willpower to endure the pain, to climb over the local minima, that is the essence of discipline.
Link to originalWhat is free will? What are we free from?
We have freedom in how we interpret our memories and experiences.
Very little freedom in the short term, but if you consistently apply effort to shape your behaviour towards your values, you’ll eventually see a shift where you are doing more of the things you like to do. You have exerted your free will to mold yourself, to be in accordance with yohr values. Free will is the application of effort towards large scale goals. Free will is discipline. Discipline equals freedom… We are free in our attitude and interpretation of events.At any given moment in time, free will is infinitesimally small. But over time it adds up zo a nonzero quantity.
emotions and logic
It takes both emotion and logic to give everything you have and to go beyond your limits.
Fight weak emotions with the power of logic.
Fight the weakness of logic with the power of emotion.
Planning
Make a list of what you want to do the next month, week, day. Everytime a new day, week, month begins.
Plan your workout the day before. Prepare the sports clothes, so all you have to do next morning is get up and do it.
Powernapping
10-15 min naps
elevate youe feet above your heart (to ease circulatory system)