What do you hate about yourself the most ?

Having little discipline is my biggest vice as well. Recently though, I seem to have found a way to make myself do one thing that I know will really help me.

Instead of trying to make myself work out daily by going for runs after getting home from work, I decided to start a gym membership. Doing this introduced a lot of good things and mental reasonings that keep me actually wanting to go, since my discipline abilities are fairly abysmal. The gym makes me inclined to work out because:

  • I'm essentially tossing away money every month if I don't. Sounds like a stupid reason, but it's fucking effective.

  • I get to use a treadmill and other various machines. Basically, variety. Running every day in more or less the same area gets boring.

  • I can more easily listen to music and podcasts. I should really just buy a lightweight mp3 player, but I just use my phone and it's super annoying to carry when I run. Now I can just set it down on the machine.

  • A little social interaction. I don't get put much, and the gym makes me feel like I'm at least getting out a little bit.

If you lack discipline, find ways to make yourself want to do certain things. I try to do that, as well as create rewards for myself. But since my discipline is so bad, it's hard to actually go through unless there's a lot of reasons I'd want to do something. I'm hoping this gym thing will help me in other areas when I've been going for several months.

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