Yesterday I was beat down at the gym. I did something like 110 minutes of cardio divided between two sessions, and I did arms. I was also recovering from the exhausting workout Sunday where I decided doing 5 sets of lunges was a stellar idea.
So going up the stairs to my second workout took effort. I was clearly dragging. There are two flights of stairs up to my gym, and each one took effort. I didn’t look like I had any energy, and I was looking forward to just being done. To coming home, to going to bed. Anyway, I looked at myself in the big mirror and caught an image of me dragging ass.
So I said to myself: “Self, what would you look like if you were looking forward to this trip.” And so I put some false bounce in my step. It hurt a little going up each step, but it ws managable. And I hopped and danced a little, just put the spring in the step that you do when you’re looking forward .
And instantly I felt better. It wasn’t perfect, but I felt like I was glad and lucky to be there, and to have this opportunity to make my body healthy. I still felt the sore, but my mind went to those times where you just float up the stairs and run around.
So I’d say a miniexperiment with NLP led me to believe that it works OK.
More in a bit. I’m behind on lots of stuff, as the sidebar reflects.
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Chris,
Now you’ve got it! You’ll accomplish the goals you have so prominently displayed on your site more by a change in attitude than in a change in effort! “And instantly I felt better. ” Whether you think you can, or think you cannot, either way, you’re right.
“Self, what would you look like if you were looking forward to this trip.”
Keep it up! The journey is everything, so enjoy it.