Thanks to Daylight Savings, I woke up before 6:30 again this morning and successfully dragged my lazy ass out of the bed and exercised again. As expected, it was difficult but I felt pretty good about it afterwards. This of course always happens. It got me thinking: there are quite a few things that are always hard to do at the moment, but I never regret it afterwards. Here are just some that come to mind immediately:

• Exercising:
  • Why I don’t do it: laziness.
  • How I feel when I actually do it: proud of myself, a good kind of soreness.
  • Goal: 4-6 times a week
• Facial masks:
  • Why I don’t do it: laziness.
  • How I feel when I actually do it: amazing! My skin always looks clearer, the pores look smaller, and everything just looks 10x better.
  • Goal: 2-3 times a week.
• Stretching
  • Why I don’t do it: laziness
  • How I feel when I actually do it: great! much more limber and just overall fantastic.
  • Goal: 7 times a week.
• Reading:
  • Why I don’t do it: I get distracted by…other stuff (usually the internet)
  • How I feel when I actually do it: inspired. It’s definitely food for my brain.
  • Goal: 3 days a week
• Writing:
  • Why I don’t do it: Laziness / I get distracted
  • How I feel when I actually do it: Accomplished, and my thoughts are much more organized.
  • Goal: Every day
• Organizing / Getting rid of things (mostly clothes)
  • Why I don’t do it: Laziness
  • How I feel when I actually do it: Relieved and lighter and freer. It really does feel like getting rid of all that weight of the stuff. 
  • Goal: Every quarter.

Overall conclusion? Be less lazy and spend less time on inconsequential things (i.e. things with minimal to no real / meaningful return…like fb / IG).